From 80 Downloads to 30,000 Views: 3 Months of Building PC Workman in Public
3 months ago, I published an article here on HackerNoon.
"680 Hours, 4 Rebuilds, and Getting Fired." It was about building a system monitor on a dying laptop during warehouse shifts in the Netherlands, getting fired 3 days before Christmas, and refusing to let the project die.
That article hit the HackerNoon newsletter. Top 5 that day. I was still in shock from losing my job.
This is what happened next.
The Numbers Then vs Now
In March, my second HackerNoon article reported 80 downloads and 800 hours. The app was v1.6.8,
a monitoring tool that collected data and showed it to you. Functional. Useful. But static.
Today (04.05.2026) :
- Version: 1.7.3
- Commits: 245+
- GitHub stars: 28 (was 7 three months ago)
- Downloads: 130+
- LinkedIn followers: 2,200+ (was ~600)
- Best single post: 30,000 views (week ago š)
- Revenue: 5 PLN. One coffee donation. I'm not going...
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