🦈 Analyzing Open Data shark attacks with gemini-cli and Quarto 📊

Source: Dev.to

This is a submission for the Built with Google Gemini: Writing Challenge.

What I Built with Google Gemini

I created a Quarto Notebook based on open data that I have maintained for many years, reporting shark attacks in New Caledonia to better understand the historical trends.

I used gemini‑cli to:

• Help implement a notebook that resembles a newspaper report
• Provide inspiration during chats
• Challenge me with questions
• Simulate an interview that helped me articulate and share my ideas
• Generate new questions for deeper exploration
• Produce a journalistic‑style paper that anyone can read and print
• Feed the resulting PDF, together with other related article data sources, into NotebookLM to create a video

The first stunning data visualizations appeared quickly.

Demo

The project output is available as a PDF:
shark‑attacks‑ncl.pdf

Below is the full storytelling I’ll use for educational purposes.

Resources

• Source code: github.com/adriens/odata-ncl/data/shark-attacks
• Final PDF report: shark‑attacks‑ncl.pdf
• NotebookLM project: NotebookLM link

What I Learned

(Content to be added by the author.)

Google Gemini Feedback

I only used gemini‑cli. I really enjoyed being interviewed by Gemini—it sparked my creativity. It was my first time using this approach, and I will definitely reuse the pattern.