[ARROW-1861] [Python] Fix up ASV setup, add developer instructions for writing new benchmarks and running benchmark suite locally

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.0
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/17854
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 26/Nov/17 17:52
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:17
• Resolved: 01/Feb/18 18:11

Description

We need to start writing more microbenchmarks as we go to prevent unintentional performance regressions (this has been a constant thorn in my side for years: http://wesmckinney.com/blog/introducing-vbench-new-code-performance-analysis-and-monitoring-tool/).

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1543