David Schachter presented a talk on program optimization.
His slides are available, too.

Instrument Django apps with New Relic. He ran us through some katas.

http://newrelic-python-kata.herokuapp.com
They love postgression for PostgreSQL testing. It makes temporary databases.

Programming Othello/Reversi in Python

Why Netflix is embracing Python over Java. Sounds like an overly-zealous article.