OP here. I built this library out of frustration with messy, day-to-day data: CSVs with duplicated columns, APIs returning nested JSON, Excel sheets, and various ad-hoc ETL requests.

Tools like Polars and DuckDB are great for heavy analytical workloads, but sometimes I just want a lightweight, Pythonic table I can iterate over. I want the ability to for `row in table:` without surprising semantics.

Serif takes a vector-first, zero-dependency approach aimed at everyday data tasks.

https://github.com/CIG-GitHub/serif

This is an early release, so I'm looking for feedback on ergonomics and places where the API is either missing features or could be simpler.