How to Speed up a Python Program 114,000 times.

Why it was recommended

Humour, serious technical insight and a good reminder of why being a generalist is an advantage.

Strong recommendationanoother · Original2016-10

What it covers

David Schachter describes how he made a data-collection Python program run 114,000 times faster, drawing on decades of experience. The talk covers pipelining, cache effects. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

InfoQ

Length

59 min 11 sec

Year

2012

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