Alternative title: "Scaling Python to 3,000 Cores." Among the #1 complaints of Python in a data analysis context is the presence of the Global Interpreter Lock, or GIL. At its core, it means that a given Python program cannot easily utilize more than one core of a multi-core machine to do computation in parallel. However, fear not! To beat the GIL, you just need to be willing to adopt a little magic -- and this talk will tell you how.