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Monday Grind Blueprint · #8

I Built Polish Software in English for 10 Months

Built by a Polish developer, for Polish users. English-only felt wrong for far too long.

By Marcin Firmuga·2026-05-18·2 min read·Monday Grind Blueprint #8

I spent 10 months building software for Polish people… in English only. Today I finally admitted how backwards that was.

hck_GPT already speaks Polish reliably — it understands "dlaczego RAM jest wysoko?", "co siÄ™ dzieje z moim PC?" and dozens more without any Google Translate nonsense: 854 lines of real bilingual vocabulary. But the rest of the app? Still English only. Built by a Polish developer, for Polish users who are starting to actually care about PC Workman. That felt wrong for far too long.

This week I'm fixing it

  1. Full Polish language support — real localisation, not machine translation, written by someone who actually thinks in Polish. Dashboard, navigation, key pages, all coming.
  2. Settings page final polish — language toggle (EN/PL), TURBO thresholds, notifications, appearance, data & privacy controls.

The project is dangerously close to leaving Alpha. Now it's time to make it feel like home for the people who'll use it every day. Friday will tell the truth.

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