diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d077420..30255f0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,3 +25,30 @@ console.log(hello);
 
 hello.any();
 ```
+
+```bash
+node example.js
+```
+
+## How I made this
+
+1. Install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org).
+2. Install build tools
+  * macOS: XCode and `xcode-select install` (CLI Tools)
+  * Windows: `npm install --global --production windows-build-tools`
+  * Ubuntu: `sudo apt install -y build-essential`
+3. Install Rust
+4. Install neon; Create (and rename) project
+
+```bash
+npm install --global neon-cli
+neon version
+neon new hello.neon
+mv hello.neon hello.neon.js
+pushd hello.neon.js
+neon build
+```
+
+Then I just followed along in
+[the docs](https://neon-bindings.com/docs/hello-world)
+and [the examples](https://github.com/neon-bindings/examples)
diff --git a/example.js b/example.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54e6508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var hello = require('.');
+//var hello = require('hello.neon');
+
+console.log('hello()', hello.hello());
+console.log('threadCount()', hello.threadCount());
+console.log('greet("Bob")', hello.greet("Bob"));
+console.log('noop()', hello.noop());
+console.log('any()', hello.any());
+console.log('any()', hello.any());
+console.log('any()', hello.any());
+console.log('any()', hello.any());
+console.log('any()', hello.any());
+console.log('any()', hello.any());
+console.log('any()', hello.any());
+
+if (Math.round(Math.random() * 1)) {
+  console.log('throw()');
+  console.log(hello.throw());
+} else {
+  try {
+    console.log(console.log('panic()'));
+    console.log(hello.panic());
+  } catch(e) {
+    console.error('caught error:');
+    console.error(e);
+  }
+}
+
+console.log("all done");