How You Can Make Pandas Joins 5 Times Faster

A faster alternative to pd.merge()

Working with real-world datasets has always intrigued Data Scientists to build optimized, efficient, and accurate systems at scale. Undoubtedly, optimization is the key to triumph in building real-world software solutions. While I understand that not everyone is building solutions at scale, awareness about optimization techniques is nevertheless helpful and applicable to even generic Data Science use-cases.

Therefore, in this post, I will consider one of the most sought-after functions …

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