Tim Swast

Python Software Friendliness Engineer @googlecloud a.k.a. @TimSwast. Views expressed here are my own. (he/him)

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[Tim Swast @FriendlinessDev]

@broady @buildwithfern @getpostman Congratulations Chris. Looks like a great fit.

[Kirk Borne @KirkDBorne]

Scaling Pandas to Petabytes — The Architecture and Tradeoffs of BigQuery DataFrames: https://t.co/3EtchWefBz by @odbmsorg
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https://t.co/fmJ1boJWHo

BigQuery DataFrames (BigFrames) is an open-source Python library that provides a Pandas-compatible API for analyzing data stored in BigQuery. Unlike Pandas, which loads data into local memory, BigFrames translates operations into BigQuery SQL, enabling data scientists to work with terabyte-scale datasets using familiar Pandas syntax.

[Tim Swast @FriendlinessDev]

If you have a DataFrame, you can run Gemini on all of the rows using BigQuery.

import bigframes.bigquery as bbq
movies['title'] = https://t.co/jXO9lyZiAJ.generate(
("What is the movie title for this poster?", movies['poster'])).struct.field("result")

https://t.co/NUJB35hKoY

[Tim Swast @FriendlinessDev]

@MichelleStenzel @knudsenfor43 @bikegridnow It was my first time joining you all too. Great ride!

[Tim Swast @FriendlinessDev]

@hankgreen The last few times I took a cab, the credit card reader "wasn't working". Not a great experience to navigate when I don't usually have smaller bills for tips.

[Tim Swast @FriendlinessDev]

@MichelleStenzel That is heart breaking. So much life, lost to an abyss of cars.

[Tim Swast @FriendlinessDev]

@di_codes Oof

[Ibis @IbisData]

Did you know Ibis and @Google #BigQuery are a match made in the clouds☁️✨

Check out this post from @FriendlinessDev on how to query BigQuery with #Python using Ibis.

https://t.co/uPMlQnRRd2

[Mr. Money Mustache @mrmoneymustache]

My next article is on how building cities for people instead of cars will make us all richer.

Just one example: it turns out every random midsized intersection in every city wastes enough space for at least FORTY EIGHT pretty nice two bedroom apartments!

[Tim Swast @FriendlinessDev]

@andreujuanc @FredKSchott @kevcodez They do, actually, but it's not set by default.

job.configuration.query.maximumBytesBilled in the jobs.insert API.

https://t.co/g5jO2FJ30k

[pandas @pandas_dev]

We are happy to announce the release candidate of pandas 2.0.0.

It can be installed from our conda-forge and PyPI packages via mamba, conda or pip, for example:

mamba install -c conda-forge/label/pandas_rc pandas==2.0.0rc0
python -m pip install --upgrade --pre pandas==2.0.0rc0

[Tim Swast @FriendlinessDev]

@IanColdwater I hadn't considered that Twitter login would break. That's a really bad look for Twitter.

[Tim Swast @FriendlinessDev]

@panicpixels 🔥

[Aaron Hamlin @aaronfhamlin]

I approve of Sarah's message! You can do it, Seattle! https://t.co/2h34k964JY

[Tim Swast @FriendlinessDev]

@the_transit_guy Whatcom County transit was the first time I felt like I could get whereever I needed to be reliably without a car, and it was so freeing.

[Aaron Hamlin @aaronfhamlin]

We shouldn't blame candidates just for running. It's their right, and their views add perspective even if we don't agree with them. If there's an error, blame the voting method.

@AaronBlake at @washingtonpost is wrong. @SarahPalinUSA didn't cost the GOP a House seat. RCV did.

[Aaron Hamlin @aaronfhamlin]

How favorite betrayal works in RCV: https://t.co/nSZYhqRuZo

[Shawn Whiting @ShawnCWhiting]

Rec Room vs Horizon Worlds

[Tim Swast @FriendlinessDev]

@SRobTweets @Google Congratulations!