If I'm interpreting this correctly, you're suggesting that it should be moved to a subdirectory like wikia_dstk/loadbalancing/__init__.py? If I wanted to import it from wikia_dstk/pipeline/wiki_data_extraction/launch.py would I then use "from ...loadbalancing import run_instances_lb"?

If that's possible, I have no problems with moving it to a separate submodule. I'm assuming that chrono_sort and ensure_dir_exists can remain in wikia_dstk/__init__.py though, right?