Article rather under-delivers on its headline.
Summary of article: "You might be able to replace Mathematica with Python, at least for certain applications! But I don't know, I haven't tried it, I just had a quick look at some websites."
Summary of article: "You might be able to replace Mathematica with Python, at least for certain applications! But I don't know, I haven't tried it, I just had a quick look at some websites."
Not quite as swish as mathematica but definitely better than 1/10.
In fact, I would argue that the only drawback with Mathematica is the fact that you become locked in. (whether or not you care about that is your prerogative.)