PyData Leeds April - Alpha Event

Please come and join us for our "Performance in the Python data stack" session.

Michael Park (Principal Data Engineer, Hippo Digital) will talk about:

* pure Python / pandas / polars / duckdb: - what gets faster, why, and when it matters
* Formats & throughput -
JSON vs protobuf / avro / messagepack
* CSV vs Parquet
Benchmarking patterns, bottlenecks, and "what I'd choose today" takeaways

If you want to collaborate on the main talk or have a shorter talk you'd like to do (5-15m), please get in touch.

Food & drink: We'll have pizza and soft drinks available.

Rough running order:
Arrivals + pizza
Main talk + Q&A
Community speaker slots
Networking
See you on 28th April.