The latest articles on DEV Community by Timi Fagbohun (@timi_fagbohun_8283f12d039). https://dev.to/timi_fagbohun_8283f12d039 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4015946%2F0cba037a-996b-4fbe-a1f6-db8078e353c7.png https://dev.to/timi_fagbohun_8283f12d039 en Timi Fagbohun Sun, 05 Jul 2026 08:39:03 +0000 https://dev.to/timi_fagbohun_8283f12d039/pacific-cli-bloomberg-alt-hgm https://dev.to/timi_fagbohun_8283f12d039/pacific-cli-bloomberg-alt-hgm <p>If you've ever tried to get real-time market data, run a treasury report, and monitor a cross-border settlement at the same time, you know the problem: you're switching between a Bloomberg window, a spreadsheet, and a Slack thread just to do your job.</p> <p>I spent a year building Pacific CLI — a command-line interface for quantitative finance that puts live market intelligence, treasury management, and compliance workflows inside your terminal.</p> <p>Here's what it does and how I built it.</p> <h2> The Live Ticker </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> bash $ pacific ticker AAPL NVDA TSLA MSFT GOOG --refresh 5s This renders a terminal dashboard that refreshes every 5 seconds: Live price with directional arrow and change % 5-day mini bar chart (ASCII rendered, color coded) Volume, Market Cap, 52-week range The ticker pulls from Yahoo Finance's real-time API, sanitizes and caches responses, and renders with a custom terminal UI built in [framework/language]. Treasury Management $ pacific balance --all USDC $142,000.00 ✓ reconciled NGN ₦98,450,000 ✓ live $ pacific settle --to ng --amount 50000 Routing via GRRNNetwork... Settlement complete [0.8s] Fee: $22.50 Rate: 1591.2 NGN/USD The settle command integrates with GRRNNetwork — the cross-chain settlement layer we built for African payment corridors. But it works with any configurable settlement backend. Compliance &amp; Reporting $ pacific report --q2 --format pdf Generating compliance report... Exported: Q2_2026_report.pdf ✓ Reports pull from your connected data sources (settlement records, balance history, FX logs) and output structured PDFs with audit trails. Why a CLI? Most financial professionals already live in the terminal. VS Code, git, SSH sessions — the terminal is open all day. The question was why financial data requires a separate, expensive GUI application with a $25,000/year subscription. Pacific CLI is available on macOS, Windows, and as a Chrome extension for browser-based access. I'm releasing this during beta — free to use, looking for feedback from quants, traders, and fintech engineers. What commands would you want that aren't in the current build? </code></pre> </div> cli fintech productivity showdev