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Monday Grind Blueprint · #9

Building What 28 Real People Asked For

Most indie devs build whatever they feel like. This week I'm building what 28 real people actually asked for.

By Marcin Firmuga·2026-05-25·2 min read·Monday Grind Blueprint #9

Most indie devs build whatever they feel like. This week I'm building what 28 real people actually asked for.

A few weeks ago I asked a simple question on GitHub and LinkedIn: "What would you ask an AI that lives inside your system monitor?" 28 answers came back — some from the GitHub discussion, some from LinkedIn DMs. This week every single one becomes real, working code inside hck_GPT.

Questions like:

Week 3 of Google's AI certification runs in the background while I turn these into real intents and logic.

Also fixing something embarrassing: SourceForge has been serving v1.6.3 to most people — two full releases behind. While I was writing about 9-layer routing and TURBO mode, new users were downloading an ancient version. Fixed this week.

Friday will tell the truth.

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This is the project behind the post. PC Workman is a free, open-source Windows system monitor with an offline AI assistant - everything described here is real, shipped code. Download it or read the source.
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Marcin Firmuga

Solo developer · HCK_Labs · building PC Workman in public

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