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7/19/2026
The original title is "From a Warehouse Floor to the Microsoft Store - PC Workman Marcin Firmuga"

The original title is "From a Warehouse Floor to the Microsoft Store - PC Workman Marcin Firmuga"

Original: From a Warehouse Floor to the Microsoft Store - PC Workman Marcin Firmuga

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A developer shares the personal journey of building PC Workman, a Windows monitoring tool, while working warehouse shifts in the Netherlands on a thermally throttling 2014 laptop. The tool features hck_GPT, a fully local AI assistant that parses plain-language queries about PC performance and answers using live sensor data. The article mixes raw personal narrative with technical implementation details including intent routing, workload bucketing, and per-machine memory.

  • •PC Workman, a Windows hardware monitor with a local AI assistant, is now live on the Microsoft Store
  • •hck_GPT runs entirely on-device with no internet or API keys, parsing user queries and reading live sensors
  • •The article interweaves a personal survival story with concrete code for intent routing and workload classification

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