Not all projects are the same. I've used cherrypy over django, for example, when I needed a simple encapsulated application for self-hosting. My point is, Python arguably is not the best choice for a self hosted product so you could dismiss cherrypy with the same argument you made. But we don't often get the joy of solving problems with just a single constraint.

Above all I'm against dismissing something by reflex and crowing about it in a comment. He built it. He's clearly given the problem some thought. What value really is there in dismissing it so quickly and on the grounds of "Python is the wrong choice for this anyway.."