Python is not eating the world so much as becoming the new Excel. It has a pretty easy learning curve for people who are not programmers. It has pretty good built in tooling. A domain expert, who is not a programmer, can put together pretty impressive models and visualizations relatively quickly.
However, like with Excel, there are serious issues regarding reproducibility, performance, and long term maintenance.
However, like with Excel, there are serious issues regarding reproducibility, performance, and long term maintenance.