TOBY NWUBA PAR

Toby Nwuba

PAR  ·  48.86N 2.35E

I build coordination systems, and still chasing the saxophone.

CTO at Minmo, building Bitcoin rails for the communities already using it as money. Previously VP Software Engineering at Goldman Sachs.

CANON EOS 2000D  ·  50mmSHEET 24 / 36

Roll 24 / Currently building

Minmo Role / CTO
Coordination infrastructure for community based Bitcoin on and off ramps. Started after watching people in Kenya treat it as ordinary money rather than a position to hold.
minmo.to
Hobbyist Role / Co-founder
A cohort based way to actually start a hobby and keep it, built with Subomi. London first, Shoreditch and Clapham. Concierge stage, waitlist open.
hobbyist.live
cutiePi Self hosted
A three node Raspberry Pi cluster running agents and whatever I am tinkering with this week. The home lab where ideas get proven before they earn a domain.
3 nodes / arm64

Captions / Writing

The Conversations You're Not Having 2026.09  ·  5 MIN  ·  YYZ
I walked past a job fair in Toronto and thought about the internships my sister and I never heard about. Opportunity moves through conversations. The barrier is rarely ability. It is usually permission.
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The Idea That Wasn't One 2026.08  ·  4 MIN  ·  LON
For the better part of a year I went looking for the idea that would justify leaving my job. The most useful thing I did in that time was build a Raspberry Pi cluster I was certain would never matter.
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The Stumble 2026.07  ·  5 MIN  ·  NBO
I landed in Nairobi knowing almost no one. A games night, a walk through Kibera, and a man with a WhatsApp thread full of trades showed me a problem I had never thought to look for.
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All writing

B-sides / Off the clock

The sax, occasionally

Better than I was a year ago, not as good as I want to be. On rotation while I practise: Teeks, Victor Ray, Romgold.

REED 2.5 / IN PROGRESS

Walls

Bouldering most weeks. It is the same loop as the rest of the work: read the problem slowly, then commit to the move.

WEEKLY

The cellar

A wine collection slowly outgrowing the flat. Patience as a hobby, with an exit strategy.

RACKED

The listening chair

KEF nearfields, Roon into Tidal. The one corner of the flat where nothing needs shipping.

HIFI / OFFLINE