Ask HN: Python was an unfair advantage for basic business tasks – what is now?

On practical business python (pbpython.com) I read this nugget Nowadays there are more tools but in the Windows 95 days, it was very difficult to automate anything. As my needs grew, I started searching for solutions and discovered that python worked really well on Windows. I promptly installed it on my systems and started writing scripts to help out with some of the mundane tasks I could not get done with the standard windows tools. which reminded me of similar times in late nineties when i could automate almost a whole small business and people would wonder were the cape was kept. But the superpowers have been more accessible now - but with the spread of cloud and big data and AI I would be amazed if there are not other secret superpowers - am I missing any?