Although not quite the same without a pipe operator, https://pola.rs was an improvement for me when missing the R dataframe syntax.
OP makes that concession in the first section of the post. (I may or may not have made a similar comment before deleting in kneejerk shame)
OP makes that concession in the first section of the post. (I may or may not have made a similar comment before deleting in kneejerk shame)