Feather

I'm joined by Wes McKinney ([@wesmckinn](https://twitter.com/wesmckinn)) and Hadley Wickham ([@hadleywickham](https://twitter.com/hadleywickham)) on this episode to discuss their joint project [Feather](https://github.com/wesm/feather). Feather is a file format for storing data frames along with some metadata, to help with interoperability between languages. At the time of recording, libraries are available for R and Python, making it easy for data scientists working in these languages to quickly and effectively share datasets and collaborate.

Guests

Wes McKinney: Wes McKinney is an open source software developer focusing on analytical computing. He created the Python pandas project and is a co-creator of Apache Arrow, his current focus. He authored two editions of the reference book, Python for Data Analysis. Wes is a member of The Apache Software Foundation and also a PMC member for Apache Parquet. He is now the CTO of Voltron Data, a new startup working on accelerated computing technologies powered by Apache Arrow..

Hadley Wickham: I’m Hadley Wickham, Chief Scientist at Posit, where (among other things) I lead the tidyverse team. I build tools (computational and cognitive) that make data science easier, faster, and more fun. I’m from New Zealand but I currently live in Houston, TX with my husband and dogs.