PC_Workman: Intelligent AI Assistant,
That Knows Why Your PC Goes Crazy |

End of mysterious lags and voltage spikes – AI explains everything in context.
Alternative to MSI Afterburner and HWMonitor with real intelligence.

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Build in Public AI-Powered Open Source

PC_Workman Main Dashboard - intelligent resource monitor with AI analytics

hck_GPT in action

hck_GPT AI assistant asking questions and optimizing Windows services

AI Optimization

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Features That Crush It

Not just monitoring – real intelligence in action

Gaming Analytics

Detects bottlenecks in games in real-time – "CPU can't keep up in CS2? Close Chrome and Discord."

Suspicious Processes

Automatic detection of cryptocurrency miners and suspicious processes consuming resources in the background.

Predictive Alerts

AI predicts problems before they hit – overheating, disk failure, RAM overflow. Act proactively, not reactively.

Smart Fan Control

Advanced fan control with custom fan curves. Silent during browsing, turbo in gaming.

Smart fan curve control - advanced fan control

Why PC_Workman Beats the Competition?

This is not just another monitor. It's an AI assistant that understands your PC.

Spike Explanation

Voltage/temperature spikes? AI defines the cause with context: "Chrome caused a 15°C spike – close 47 tabs" + suggests fix. MSI Afterburner only shows numbers.

AI: "App X → Fix: Close it"

One Configuration for Months

Optimization tools work always in the background – zero daily tinkering. GeForce Experience requires constant updates and login. PC_Workman = set & forget.

✓ Auto-starts with Windows

hck_GPT – Intelligent Assistant

Asks 18 diagnostic questions, suggests Windows services to disable (optimization), disables with your consent. One-click revert everything! No other tool has an AI assistant.

🤖 18 questions → Optimization → Revert

2D Components Map

Auto-detect motherboard (first view shows model), visual component map (CPU/RAM/GPU/Disk/Battery) for PC and laptop. Quick access to health/info – click component, see details. HWInfo has no visualization!

Why Is Your PC Lagging?

Enter symptoms – AI simulates response (demo)

PC_Workman vs Competition

Comparison with MSI Afterburner, HWMonitor, GPU Tweak, GeForce Experience, HWInfo

Feature	MSI Afterburner	HWMonitor	GPU Tweak	GeForce Exp.	HWInfo	PC_Workman
Spike cause explanation	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅ with AI context
2D component map	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅ with auto-detect
AI optimization assistant	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅ hck_GPT
Miner detection	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅ automatic
Gaming bottleneck detection	Partial	❌	Partial	❌	❌	✅ realtime AI
Predictive alerts	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅ before problem
Fan curve control	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅ + AI profile
One-click optimization	❌	❌	Limited	Limited	❌	✅ + revert
Requires login	❌	❌	❌	✅ 😒	❌	❌ privacy
Open Source	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅ GitHub

The only alternative with real AI intelligence

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My Journey as Solo Dev

Building in public on an old laptop – authentic indie developer story

From Job Loss to Indie Project

On December 22nd, I lost my job in the Netherlands. I came back to Poland with one thing – determination to build something of my own. PC_Workman is being built on a 2014 laptop that regularly hits 90°C+. I'm not waiting for perfect hardware – building now.

This is not a glamorous startup story. This is 6+ months of grinding at night, refactoring code, learning AI integration from scratch. But every line of code is real. Every feature solves my real problem.

"Constraint breeds creativity. My old laptop taught me to optimize every feature. That's the same experience PC_Workman gives to users."

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Latest Updates

@hck_lab December 2024

Reality check: Building PC_Workman on a 10-year-old laptop is not a content marketing gimmick. This is the reality of indie dev – grinding between freelance gigs, 90°C thermal throttling during compilation. But it's a constraint that forces me to write efficient code. 💪

@hck_lab December 22, 2024

Job loss is not the end. It's a reset. Coming back to Poland and going all-in on PC_Workman. 6 months building in public, 800+ followers on LinkedIn, thousands of lines of code. This is just the beginning. 🔥

@hck_lab November 2024

PC_Workman v1.5 – biggest redesign. Dual-mode UI, 2D components map with auto-detect, hck_GPT integration. Features that MSI Afterburner will never do because it doesn't have AI. Building different. 🤖

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Insights from development journey

Technical

Building AI-Powered System Monitor: Architecture Deep Dive

How I integrated GPT-4 API with monitoring loops in Windows WMI. Thread safety, rate limiting, context management.

Read on Medium →

Build in Public

6 Months of Building Solo: What I Learned

Indie developer reality check. From taxi driver to ML engineering – journey through code, community, and constraint-based creativity.

See on LinkedIn →

AI & Gaming

Why Gaming Needs Smarter Performance Tools

MSI Afterburner shows OSD. PC_Workman explains bottlenecks. Why gaming analytics is the future of monitoring.

Thread on X →

Dev Story

Building on 90°C Hardware: Constraint as Feature

How a 10-year-old laptop with thermal throttling taught me to optimize. PC_Workman was born from my user pain.

See repo on GitHub →

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

hck_GPT asks 18 diagnostic questions about your PC usage (gaming, work, streaming, etc.). Based on your answers, AI suggests specific Windows services to disable (e.g., telemetry, unnecessary services). Before each change, it asks for your consent – full control. Everything can be reverted with one click ("Revert All").

Yes! PC_Workman was built on a 2014 laptop (i7-4710HQ, 8GB RAM). It's optimized for low-resource usage. Monitoring runs in the background with minimal footprint, AI queries are cached locally. If it works on my 10-year-old laptop at 90°C, it will work on your hardware.

Currently PC_Workman works in local inference mode for basic functions (miner detection, gaming analytics). hck_GPT (full AI assistant) requires an OpenAI API key, but I'm planning integration with local models (Ollama, LM Studio) in version 2.0. API cost is ~$0.50-2/month with normal usage.

MSI Afterburner is a great tool for GPU overclocking and OSD, but it only shows raw data. PC_Workman goes further: explains the causes of temperature/voltage spikes ("Chrome caused it – close tabs"), detects suspicious processes, has an AI optimization assistant, 2D component map, predictive alerts. It's the difference between "seeing numbers" and "understanding what's happening".

For basic monitoring (CPU/RAM/GPU usage) – no. For advanced features (fan control, disabling services, deep hardware access) – yes. PC_Workman only asks for permissions when needed. All code is open source on GitHub – you can verify what it does.

Currently PC_Workman is in Alpha v1.5+. Full version 2.0 (with local AI models, advanced gaming integrations, cloud sync) is planned for Q2 2025. Subscribe to the newsletter to get early access to beta – first 100 people get premium features for free!

PC_Workman: Intelligent AI Assistant, That Knows Why Your PC Goes Crazy |