Why I built Parlotype: a privacy-first voice-to-English desktop app on .NET 10

The friction I've been shipping production code for 20 years across five languages — C, C++, Java, Scala, and now C#. My English is decent enough for daily work, but it's not native. So whenever I want a sharper adjective in an email, or a phrase that doesn't read as translated, I still reach for Google Translate. Sometimes I dictate into it. Sometimes I type — which is slower. And if I'm on a machine without a Russian keyboard layout, the friction goes up another notch. Multiple times a day. Ac