Developer Uses Claude Code to Fix and Upgrade macOS Real-Time Meeting Translation App

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A developer building a macOS app that translates Zoom and Google Meet audio in real time discovered the translation stopped after roughly ten minutes due to a 10-minute WebSocket session limit in the Gemini Live API. Anthropic's Claude Code diagnosed the root cause and refactored the codebase to add proactive GoAway signal detection, exponential backoff auto-reconnection, and a 30-second ping keep-alive mechanism. These fixes allowed the app to silently reconnect without users noticing any interruption during long meetings. With stability addressed, the developer then asked Claude Code to suggest new feature directions, spanning UX improvements, translation quality enhancements, and other functional upgrades. The project represents an iterative, AI-assisted development workflow where conversational AI tools handle both debugging and feature planning.

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