I think we can all agree some notebooks are shit storms and should not be relied upon at ALL for production. AT my job we started using notebooks as an 'in-repo', 'interactive' documentation of sorts. Showcase various modules and give simple usage examples of them. It was pretty awesome. I love using notebooks as a more advanced scratch pad. For the times when ipython shell isnt enough, and you want something extra. Also i had to install the vim bindings ASAP, gotta have that vim