How I mapped 10 000 illegal Airbnbs with Python
Speaker
Juan Luis Cano Rodríguez
Juan Luis (he/him/él) is an aerospace engineer with a passion for tech communities and sustainability. He is currently working at Canonical as Developer Success Engineer, dedicating his time to amplify the global impact of open source. Juan Luis has a decade of experience as developer advocate, software engineer, and Python trainer in several industries, in companies of the likes of McKinsey, Read the Docs, Satellogic, Telefónica, and others.
PSF Fellow since 2017, he has made significant contributions to the PyData stack, published several open-source packages, and organized the first seven PyCons in Spain. Currently, he is the lead organizer of the PyData Madrid monthly meetups.
Obsessed about systemic change and looking for a way to live within our planetary boundaries ♻️
Abstract
In the spring of 2024, a cry erupted across Spain: "The Canary Islands have reached their limit." Soon, massive demonstrations followed in other regions facing similar tensions: "Mallorca is not for sale," "Enough of Ibiza," "Cantabria will defend itself." Meanwhile, in Madrid, the capital, a similar discontent had been brewing for years. Could open data be used to understand the phenomenon, and do something about it?
Description
Description: In this talk I will walk you through an adventure that started with an annoyed hacker playing with some open data and ended up with more than 10 000 illegal touristic apartments reported in Madrid, Spain. Lots of things have changed since then, but the hard lessons remain.