San José has 394,000 active addresses. I'm posting every single one. Every 2 minutes, the bot picks a random unposted address from a SQLite database, fetches a Google Street View photo, and posts it to Mastodon — the address, the property type, and whatever the camera happened to catch that day. At this rate, it'll take about 18 months to work through the whole city.
San José felt like the right target. It's the largest city in the Bay Area by area and population but consistently underrepresented in how people talk about the region. It's mostly known as "where the airport is" or a punchline about suburban sprawl. But it's also 177 square miles of quiet cul-de-sacs, mid-century apartment complexes, Vietnamese strip malls, industrial parks, and the kind of everyday built environment that doesn't get photographed on purpose. This bot photographs it anyway.
Inspired by everylot by @fitnr. Stack: Python · SQLite · Google Street View API · Mastodon.py · Google Cloud e2-micro VM.