The typing, encapsulation, and packaging issues are features of the language which have benefits and tradeoffs. The author of the article seems to balk at them

The typing, encapsulation, and packaging issues are features of the language which have benefits and tradeoffs. The author of the article seems to balk at them because they aren't what he is used to. Re: typing in particular, gradual typing is something that's slowly becoming viable, and I think it's great. The python 2 vs 3 issue isn't really an issue if you're starting with the language. There was a time where lots of big libraries were only supported by python 2, but that's definitely not the case any more. OTOH the build system is definitely a common pain point, and the GIL forces you to use other services (e.g. redis + multiprocessing) to achieve horizontal scaling which is unfortunate. And of course python's crappy performance is something anyone looking at languages should be aware of.