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Eric Chan

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Speed up Python's pandas slow read_excel() Mar 30, 2019
Batch-convert xlsx to csv with xlsx2csv and multithreading so pandas can read from csv instead.
Push pandas DataFrames to Tableau Server/Online Mar 18, 2019
Automate Tableau Online refreshes by turning pandas DataFrames into .hyper extracts with pandleau and publishing via Tableau Server Client.

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