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Task Graphs and Custom Workloads

Teach delayed, futures, map_partitions, graph size, and when to customize beyond high-level collections.

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4 lessons
2 modules
2 hours
Ava Morgan
Tags
Task graphsDelayedFutures
Distributed Compute
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1.Graph thinking

Understand what Dask asks the scheduler to coordinate.

  • Thinking in task graphsarticle - 13 min
  • Graph thinking checkquiz - 6 min

2.Custom functions

Pick map_partitions, delayed, or futures based on the shape of the workload.

  • Custom workload patternsarticle - 12 min
  • Custom workload checkquiz - 6 min