Ask HN: Should you tell the story behind your work?

I am making a portfolio website to showcase my work to employers. After having written the stories behind each application, I noticed that the story is nowhere near as glamorous as the bullet points on my resume. For example, 60k downloads, 20k in sales, etc. sound way better than the story of you failing at a million things to get there.

Should I just show the bullets instead of the story?