I appreciate the integration of Jupyter Notebooks into ArcGIS Pro, as it greatly enhances workflows. However, the performance is significantly slower compared to other platforms such as VS Code. Tasks like opening notebooks and modifying the environments have been consistently slow for a long time. Since upgrading to ArcGIS Pro 3.6.1, execution speed has also degraded to the point that it renders it useless.
If other applications can handle Jupyter Notebooks efficiently, ArcGIS Pro should be able to achieve similar performance. Improving speed and responsiveness would greatly enhance the user experience and productivity for data science and GIS workflows. For the time being I will experiment with the advice of how to work with aprx from outside ArcGIS pro.
