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DuckDB is an in-process analytical database management system, a powerful data warehouse engine running inside the Python process without any setup or communication overhead. It is an open-source and highly portable system available as a command line tool with R, NodeJS, and Julia clients;
– which loads data from many formats, such as CSV and Parquet, as well as pandas data frames,
-its speed and features allow it to tackle a remarkable number of use cases in data science – including data wrangling and running complex ad-hoc SQL queries – while running on a laptop. PUBLICATION PERMISSIONS:
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Key insights 🔊 Unlocking the power of what-if analysis with Taipy's interactive dashboards can revolutionize data analysis and decision-making processes. 👥 Users play an important role in the development process, as what is built should prioritize their needs and lead the features being released. 🔊 The dynamic filters in the dashboard allow for an infinite number of use cases and comparisons, providing users with the ability to dig into data and compare customer performances in a more ergonomic way. 🤔 The concept of what-if analysis and scenarios is related to understanding and exploring the potential outcomes and insights that can be derived from changing input parameters. 💡 What interests me is that what-if analysis is a structured approach to exploring data sets, allowing decision makers to gain insights and make impactful decisions. 💡 Stacking multiple scenarios on one plot in what-if analysis allows for more visual comparisons and a better understanding of the data, eliminating the need to switch between tabs and work with different scales. 🔊 The key idea of Taipy is that it is in a sweet spot, providing a lot of features with a low learning curve compared to other popular libraries like plotly or streamlits. 💡 Implementing multiple scenarios on one plot using Taipy's Native scenarios feature allows for more user-centric and flexible analysis, making it a favorite feature for users. PUBLICATION PERMISSIONS:
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The video features an introduction of Chris Aniszczyk, the CTO at CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) and a VP at the Linux Foundation, who speaks about charting a WebAssembly (Wasm) landscape at the first WasmCon. Here's a summary of key points from the video: – Chris compares the current state of Wasm to the early days of cloud-native containers, mentioning the innovation and competition among multiple runtimes and specs. – Wasm Adoption and Innovation:
He mentions that Wasm is in the early adopter phase, with CNCF projects like Kubernetes and Istio already utilizing WebAssembly for plugin systems and support for multiple languages.
He also mentions the existence of runtimes for running containers in – Kubernetes using WebAssembly.
Community Engagement and Corporate Adoption:
Chris talks about engaging with the community and discovering early adopters of Wasm like BBC, Disney, Amazon, Bosch, and Goldman Sachs across various sectors. – Startup Innovation and Consolidation:
He mentions a cycle of startup innovation and consolidation in the Wasm ecosystem, referencing the acquisition of Suborbital by F5 as an example. – Wasm Landscape:
Announcement of a new Wasm landscape initiative to track and categorize various projects, runtimes, languages, and platforms in the Wasm ecosystem. The talk provides an overview of the current state of the WebAssembly ecosystem, its comparison to early cloud-native days, and the initiatives by CNCF to foster community engagement and provide resources for better understanding and adoption of WebAssembly. PUBLICATION PERMISSIONS: Original video was published with the Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed). Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGWj1dsDkrc&t=38s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Ao0Z5DL4o