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Flaming teammates usually results in them cooperating even less. But sometimes you just need to let the devil out of you. Instead of venting on your teammates and pissing them off, vent into GG Translator and it will convert your toxic message into a friendly and constructive one to share with your team. https://ggtranslator.com

My background is in building web apps with Elixir and Phoenix. I made GG Translator in early 2024 to see if I could build a desktop app in a language I had never used before (Rust) with the help of AI. It was a great exercise and I found out that I could. I used Tauri instead of Electron because it has a smaller footprint. I built the app but never released it because I wasn't ready to support it.

When GPT 5.6 came out earlier this month I pointed it at the old codebase and tasked it with rewriting that entire app (still in Rust using Tauri), modernizing, refactoring, and looking for any improvements that it could find.

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The app is a sneak peek of how an AI profanity filter might look like in the future. The ultimate integration would see it built into gaming platforms like Steam and PSN where it's not only transforming your speech on demand, but it's also able to transform incoming audio from your teammates into family friendly language so parents can feel better knowing their kids aren't being bombarded with slurs when they let them play online multiplayer games.

I also imagine an incredible opportunity for voice licensing allowing users to pay to unlock voices of their favorite streamers, actors, athletes, and characters for a limited time. Who wouldn't want to sound like Samuel L. Jackson yelling about motherfucking noobs in their motherfucking lane?

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The biggest obstacle was code signing. I went through all the hurdles in 2024, paying for an expensive OV signing certificate and also paying for the Apple Developer program. For 2026 I decided that the OV signing certificate is a racket and I'm not going to pay for it again. I already have an Apple Developer account for another app so I didn't have to pay extra to sign the macOS build. For Windows, the SmartScreen warnings when installing the app are a drag, but you can just tap more info and install it anyway.

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Worth mentioning that the pipeline uses all open-weight models, though for the demo I used Kimi K3 for the translation piece due to the Kimi founder being interviewed.

Have a listen for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92BQg2oozBg

The pipeline can be mostly run locally on an M-series Mac with at least 16 GB of RAM.

The translation stage is the main quality constraint but local models are getting better and better. Could see a specialized 30B model be more than enough here.

Did this on a whim so I could listen to the Kimi founder being interviewed. What stood out to me is how fast the software and even the models themselves seem to be getting commoditized. Far faster than I ever anticipated.

Built using Kimi Code, thought the model needed some guidance, so not a 1-shot effort quite yet.

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I've been in tech for 15 years now. A lot of what I loved about it has changed, and I'm now at a crossroads where I have an opportunity to leave and do something else.

I ended each day of my old jobs exhausted, and never had the energy to do or try the things I thought I was interested in.

I am now in my mid 30s and find myself with a ton of free time. But I am finding I have no idea what I want to do.

Nothing that used to interest me interests me anymore. The things I think I might like I for whatever reason don't have the energy to do or try them.

I feel like I've been in survival mode for so long I dont know what my passions are. How do I find them again?

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