PyData Amsterdam 2024

Polars 1.0 and beyond
09-19, 11:20–11:55 (Europe/Amsterdam), Escher

Polars is a novel query engine that focuses on DataFrame use front-end. This July it has hit the 1.0 milestone and this August it has landed GPU support.

The 1.0 milestone has made the Polars team confident about the API going forward and now they want to expand on the functionality. This talk will go through what has been done pre 1.0 and what to expect after. 1.0 has cemented the API and set the constraints for the future other engines the Polars team is working on.


Polars is a novel query engine that focuses on DataFrame use front-end. This July it has hit the 1.0 milestone and this August it has landed GPU support.

The 1.0 milestone has made the Polars team confident about the API going forward and now they want to expand on the functionality. This talk will go through what has been done pre 1.0 and what to expect after. 1.0 has cemented the API and set the constraints for the future other engines the Polars team is working on.

Ritchie Vink is the Author of the Polars DataFrame library and Co-founder/CEO of the Polars company. Originally he has a background in Civil Engineering, but he soon made the switch to Data/Software development. He has worked as a Machine Learning Engineer and a Software Engineer for 5 years, before he spent all of his time to Polars project. Those years have been filled with side projects to feed his curiosity. His last 2 years have been spent full time on Polars.