Discrete derived algebras were introduced by Vossieck and classified by Bobinski, Geiss and Skrowonski. In terms of the complexity of their AR quivers, they rank between representation finite and representation tame algebras; they are never hereditary, however. In this talk I present joint work with Nathan Broomhead and David Pauksztello. We describe the group of autoequivalences of the derived categories of these algebras, construct a semi-orthogonal decomposition and classify all t-structures.