A Parquet File Is All You Need

Stop using CSV and move to Parquet

Machinery at Novaci, Serbia (Image by the author)

Are you a data scientist using CSV files to store your data? What if I told you there is a better way? Have you ever heard of the open-source Parquet file format?

Can you imagine a

• lighter 🦋
• faster 🏎️
• cheaper 💸