The weeks I spent making transcription run quietly on a laptop

I decided early that the transcription had to happen on the Mac itself, not in the cloud. What I underestimated was how much work "on the Mac" would be once it had to run for a whole call without anyone noticing.

I came from audio software with plenty of room to breathe. Here, every time I made the transcription better, the fan started and the laptop got warm during a call. Every time I made it lighter, a client's name came out wrong. It felt like pulling a blanket that was too short.

I remember one evening playing the same call back again and again, listening for the single word that kept breaking. When it finally ran quietly while I was in a real call, I just sat there for a minute.

That effort is the reason Pip can listen from your Mac and stay out of your way, and why your clients' names are spelled right once you teach it.

Have you ever spent far longer than planned on one stubborn part of something you built? What kept you going?