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NetworkX with pyarrow cuts graph memory use 6-7x
Original: Show HN: NetworkX and pyarrow = 6-7x memory savings
A developer has shared a technique combining the NetworkX graph library with Apache Arrow's pyarrow to achieve six to seven times memory savings when working with large graphs. The discussion, posted on GitHub and surfaced on Hacker News, details how Arrow-backed storage reduces overhead. Python developers working with big network data are weighing in on the approach and its tradeoffs.
Why now: Memory efficiency for large graphs is a practical pain point for Python data engineers, making a simple drop-in trick worth discussing.
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- Show HN: NetworkX and pyarrow = 6-7x memory savings · adsharma · 6
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