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On 2026-06-12 Pankaj (@the2ndfloorguy) said his fun side‑project “blew up to…

2026-06-12 · 05:45 UTC ·@the2ndfloorguy ·1 min read

Brief

Pankaj (@the2ndfloorguy) reports that a playful side project went viral on 2026-06-12, reaching 10M+ and generating international media interviews, six national newspaper placements, major resharing, and hundreds of supportive DMs. He documented hooking his Whoop to his work calendar with Fable to extract per‑minute heart rate, matching spikes to meetings and building a stress leaderboard.

Why it matters

On 2026-06-12 Pankaj (@the2ndfloorguy) said his fun side‑project “blew up to whooping 10M+,” triggering international interview invites, placements in six national newspapers, reshares by major accounts, new follows from high‑signal tech figures, pickup by digital/Instagram pages, and hundreds of DMs from people saying it nudged them to build.

Key details

  • He hooked his Whoop to his work calendar using Fable, reverse‑engineered Whoop to pull per‑minute heart‑rate data, matched HR spikes to calendar events and attendees, and now keeps a leaderboard that ranks which coworker gives him the most stress (few details masked).
  • His explicit advice: “build it. ship it before you talk yourself out of it.” The post argues small side projects can reach unexpected audiences and produce outsized impact.
Source evidence

the last 24 hours have been absolutely INSANE 🤯

internet went wild over my dumb little fun side-project, blew up to whooping 10M+

  • woke up to interview invites from international media
  • ended up in 6 national newspapers
  • got featured and reshared by some HUGE accounts
  • people in tech twitter i've genuinely looked up to saw it, liked it, and reshared
  • a bunch of high-signal folks hit follow
  • picked up by big digital pages & insta accounts
  • and hundreds of dms from people saying it nudged them to go build their own random fun thing 🫶

so if you're sitting on some random idea - build it. ship it before you talk yourself out of it.

you really don't know who's watching or where it goes.

Pankaj (@the2ndfloorguy)

i hooked my whoop to my work calendar to find which coworker gives me the most stress 🚨

thanks to fable, I reverse engineered whoop to pull per minute heart rate. nd matched spikes with cal events and attendees

I now have a leaderboard and I think about it daily.

few info masked for obvious reasons ;)

— https://nitter.net/the2ndfloorguy/status/2064704204166635930#m