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Monday Grind Blueprint · #10

My Biggest Release, Then 48 Hours of Tester Bugs

I shipped my biggest release on Friday. By Saturday, two testers had already found bugs I missed after 1,000+ hours.

By Marcin Firmuga·2026-06-01·2 min read·Monday Grind Blueprint #10

I shipped my biggest release on Friday. By Saturday, two testers had already found bugs I'd missed after 1,000+ hours of building.

v1.7.6 went live — new .exe, 82 AI intents, DeepMonitor rewrite, Polish support. It felt good for about 12 hours. Then the real work started. Three testers spent 5+ hours each, and by Sunday night I'd fixed:

Amazing testers — thank you again: Przemysław, Adam, Kacper.

This week isn't about new features

It's about cleaning up the silent failures that only appear when real people use the app:

  1. proper Maximized View Mode — the dashboard has too much data for a small window
  2. more hck_GPT stability audits
  3. a console-launcher fix for users where it doesn't close after startup
  4. better restore logic and history in Startup & Services Manager
Not every week is about shipping new things. Sometimes the important work is making sure what you already shipped actually works.
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