Stop Paying the Abstraction Tax : How I Built a C-Engine 12x Faster than Pandas

Python is the king of data science, but it charges a heavy price for convenience. When you use pd.read_csv() on a 10GB+ file, Python attempts to load the data into RAM, wrapping every byte in a heavy PyObject. The result? OOM (Out of Memory) crashes and massive AWS bills. I decided to go to the metal to see if I could bypass this "Abstraction Tax" entirely. The Problem: The Double-Copy Penalty Standard data pipelines move data from the SSD ➔ OS Kernel ➔ User Space ➔ Application. This constant co