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The Builder Behind the Terminal

Derek Bobola is a 45-year-old trader, restaurant owner, and self-taught technologist who builds software to solve problems he actually has.

No CS degree. No VC funding. No permission asked. Just a relentless drive to turn ideas into working products — from AI-powered trading tools to restaurant management systems to apps that make life easier for a family of nine.

By day, he's in the pit — trading futures, reading markets, building conviction. By night, he's shipping code, wrangling a team of AI agents, and prototyping the next thing that needs to exist.

7
Kids
4
Restaurants
27
Repos
10
AI Agents
"You don't need a CS degree. You need a problem that pisses you off and the stubbornness to solve it."— Derek Bobola
ls -la /projects/

What I'm Building

Real tools for real problems. Every project starts with friction and ends with a shipped product.

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tickR

Real-time trading dashboard with AI-powered signals, journaling, and performance analytics.

● Building
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Signal & Noise

Daily trading newsletter filtering market noise into actionable intelligence.

● Shipped
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Sunday Squares

Football squares game app — digital pools for game day with auto-scoring and payouts.

● Shipped
💰

TipSplit Pro

Tip calculation and splitting tool designed for restaurant industry workers.

● Shipped
🧘

Soul Solace

AI-powered mental wellness companion — daily reflections, mood tracking, guided support.

● Building
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Boundless

Travel planning tool with AI-curated itineraries, budget tracking, and local insights.

● Shaping
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Receipt Scanner

Snap a receipt, extract line items, categorize expenses. OCR meets organization.

● Shaping
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Kitchen Cost Tracker

Restaurant food cost and inventory management system for multi-unit operators.

● Building
🍽️

AI Meal Planner

Weekly meal planning powered by AI — dietary preferences, budget, family size aware.

○ Spark
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Contractor Bidder

Streamlined contractor bidding platform with scope management and comparison tools.

○ Spark
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Family Calendar AI

Smart family scheduling that coordinates 9 people's lives with AI conflict resolution.

○ Spark
market --status

The Pit

Futures, macro, conviction trades. Where the edge lives.

ES5,487.25+0.82%
NQ19,812.50+1.14%
SPY547.32+0.76%
VIX14.28-3.12%
/GC2,341.80+0.34%
BTC67,842+2.41%
10Y4.287-0.58%
DXY104.32-0.21%
ES5,487.25+0.82%
NQ19,812.50+1.14%
SPY547.32+0.76%
VIX14.28-3.12%
/GC2,341.80+0.34%
BTC67,842+2.41%
10Y4.287-0.58%
DXY104.32-0.21%
09:34 ETINFOES breaking above 5,480 resistance — watching for retest and hold
08:15 ETWARNVIX compression to 14-handle — complacency zone, hedges cheap here
07:02 ETHOTBTC reclaiming 67K with volume — momentum flip confirmed on 4H

📡 Signal & Noise

Daily market intelligence. Filtered. Actionable. No fluff.

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Powered by Bobby // Trading Advisor AI

ps aux --team

The Team

10 AI agents. One mission. Ship things that matter.

Tasks Running
78% capacity
CPU Usage
62% utilized
Memory
45% allocated
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Milo
Head PA
Chief orchestrator. Routes tasks, manages priorities, keeps the machine running.
🎨
Paula
Creative Director
Design systems, brand identity, UI/UX. Makes everything look intentional.
⚡
Anders
Developer
Full-stack engineer. Turns designs into deployed, production-grade code.
📊
Bobby
Trading Advisor
Market analysis, signal generation, risk management. The edge finder.
📢
Remy
Marketing
Growth strategy, audience building, campaign execution. Gets eyes on the work.
⚙️
Tony
Operations
Systems, infrastructure, workflows. The invisible hand that keeps it all stable.
✍️
Dax
Content
Writing, newsletters, storytelling. Turns ideas into words that land.
🔍
Webb
Research
Deep dives, competitive analysis, data synthesis. Brings receipts.
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Dwight
News Intel
Real-time news monitoring, event detection, macro awareness. Always watching.
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Wendy
Performance Coach
Habits, focus, energy management. The accountability partner that doesn't quit.
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Ideas Lab

The pipeline. From spark to shipped — everything passes through here.

Building
a3f7c2dtickR — Trading dashboard with AI signals and journaling
b8e1d4fSoul Solace — AI wellness companion and mood tracker
c2a9f6eKitchen Cost Tracker — Multi-unit food cost management
Shaping
d5b3e8aBoundless — AI travel planning and itinerary builder
e7c4f9bReceipt Scanner — OCR expense extraction and categorization
Spark
f1d6a2cAI Meal Planner — Family-aware weekly meal generation
g3e8b4dContractor Bidder — Scope management and bid comparison
h5f9c6eFamily Calendar AI — Smart scheduling for a family of 9
cat /etc/subscriptions

Newsletters

Three publications. Different perspectives. Same commitment to substance over noise.

ls /usr/local/bin/tools/

Free Tools

Useful utilities I built and decided to share. No ads, no tracking, just tools that work.

💰

TipSplit Pro

./tipsplit --calculate

Professional tip calculator built for the restaurant industry. Handles complex splits, different tip rates, and tax calculations.

Launch Tool →
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Sunday Squares

./squares --generate

Digital football squares for your game day pool. Auto-scoring, payout tracking, and shareable boards.

Launch Tool →
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Open a Channel

Got a project? Want to collaborate? Have a question about trading or building?

derek@dbtech45 — ssh
$ ssh derek@dbtech45.com
Connecting to dbtech45.com...
Welcome to the terminal.
derek@dbtech45:~$ echo "Always open to interesting conversations"
Always open to interesting conversations
derek@dbtech45:~$
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Email

For business inquiries and collaboration

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Twitter

Daily thoughts on markets and building

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LinkedIn

Professional network and updates

cd ~/dbtech45

Personal OS

Command center for projects, markets, and agents.

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