The author: Selecting a programming language can be a form of premature optimization
Also the author: Pick python no matter the problem, the team, the libraries, the deployment targets, etc.
Also the author: Pick python no matter the problem, the team, the libraries, the deployment targets, etc.
I read it as the much more milder "don't reject Python because of vague concerns about run-time performance".
I can't find anywhere which suggests the author things people should use Python to, for example, code up their web app front-ends or to implement a 'hard' real-time operating system.
Looked to me like a "Python isn't than bad for perf" article.