A great write-up on #async vs #multiprocessing in #Python. Many teams face that problem for data science tasks with external data consumption (e.g. using #Kafka), but don't understand the underlying mechanics. There's no magic bullet; engineering is a #discipline. https://pythonspeed.com/articles/two-thread-pools/ by @itamarst #datascience #threadpools #performance #optimization
Two kinds of threads pools, and why you need both

How big should your thread pool be? It depends on your use case.

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