![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article2.74d541386bbf.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[wes-mckinney|Wes Mckinney]] - Full Title:: Apache Arrow and the "10 Things I Hate About Pandas" - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://wesmckinney.com/blog/apache-arrow-pandas-internals/ - Finished date:: [[2023-03-06]] ## Highlights > Nowadays, **my rule of thumb for pandas is that you should have 5 to 10 times as much RAM as the size of your dataset** ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gttxex8537bkg4p1qbw3y204))