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+# %% [markdown]
+# proto-typing for building "database" of results
+
+# %%
+import pandas as pd
+from dataclasses import asdict
+from hello_world import reduce
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# %%
+
+config = reduce.load_all_config(Path('/nsls2/data3/projects/next_iiia_hrd/xrt_output/'))
+
+# %%
+df = pd.DataFrame({k: {f'{outer}.{inner}': v for outer, cfg in asdict(v).items() for inner, v in cfg.items()} for k,v in config.items()}).T
+df['job'] = [_.name[:-4] for _ in df.index]
+
+
+# %%
+for n, g in df.groupby('job'):
+    print(n, len(g.index))
+# %%
+
+results = {k:reduce.reduce_file(k, mode='cython') for k in config}
+# %%