Hacker News: topaztee

New comment by topaztee in "Show HN: Language Model Builder (an app to learn about and build models)"

topaztee — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:16:56 +0000

this is dope.

Some feedback:

- while I am going through the chapters i keep trying to highlight certain sentences so i could bookmark them for later, itd also be great to do cmd+f to search keywords

- in chapter 1, the "under the hood" link crashes the app

New comment by topaztee in "Show HN: DOM-docx – HTML to native, editable Word docs (MIT)"

topaztee — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:07:15 +0000

this is cool. I'm curious how many tokens ($) it cost you to build?

i'm also building in this space (an MCP for agents to manipulate docx)

New comment by topaztee in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

topaztee — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:10:17 +0000

currently working on an MCP for agents to manipulate docx files. https://vespper.com

the other day I also vibe-coded a recreation of digglabs , its shows HN, reddit ect using different visualisations

https://topaztee.com/digglabs

New comment by topaztee in "Ask HN: HN frontpage feels boring now?"

topaztee — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:42:11 +0000

dang?

New comment by topaztee in "Show HN: Docx-CLI: agents read/edit Word docs using 1/2 the time and tokens"

topaztee — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:46:00 +0000

nice to see others try to solve a problem we also experienced.

I'm also working on letting agents read/edit word docs but exposing it as a simple MCP

www.vespper.com

Show HN: I Recreated Digg Labs

topaztee — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:46:13 +0000

for people who remember the mid-2000s Web 2.0 era.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821114

Points: 3

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New comment by topaztee in "OfficeCLI: Office suite for AI agents to read and edit Microsoft Office files"

topaztee — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:45:04 +0000

cool,

im working on something similar. A fine-tuned model for agents to interact with docx over MCP. they wont have to deal with OOXML.

we have a waiting list for beta-users: www.vespper.com

New comment by topaztee in "OfficeCLI: Office suite for AI agents to read and edit Microsoft Office files"

topaztee — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:44:48 +0000

cool,

im working on something similar. A fine-tuned model for agents to interact with docx over MCP. they wont have to deal with OOXML vespper.com

New comment by topaztee in "Ask HN: How should I convert Microsoft Word documents to Markdown?"

topaztee — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:48:17 +0000

sure but OOXML is on avg 12x~ larger than markdown so you'll burn a ton of tokens. I second using pandoc but depends on why you need it to be in markdown in the first place?

(source - I'm working on a docx MCP that abstracts OOXML complexity away from LLMs entirely)

New comment by topaztee in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

topaztee — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:48:02 +0000

an MCP for agents to manipulate docx files (microsoft words files). It abstracts away all the OOXML for the agent

vespper.com

New comment by topaztee in "Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?"

topaztee — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:23:57 +0000

created a chrome extension to sync linkedin messages to my crm (pipedrive) rather than being charged 30$ a month

- https://www.yourfriendly.ai/. a desktop pet that lets me have an ai chatbox readily available

New comment by topaztee in "Show HN: TV Explorer. Adding advanced UI to free online TV"

topaztee — Sun, 31 May 2026 21:12:08 +0000

lots of channels arent available in my region, it would be cool to add a vpn on top of this so they wont be blocked

New comment by topaztee in "GitHub Stacked PRs"

topaztee — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:51:30 +0000

how is this different than viewing a PR one commit at a time?

New comment by topaztee in "Show HN: PlaceboGPT – 7,666-parameter medical AI with one answer for everything"

topaztee — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:31:31 +0000

every answer "Stay hydrated, get adequate rest, and if symptoms persist, consult a healthcare professional.

New comment by topaztee in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

topaztee — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:53:00 +0000

My friend and I have been working on https://www.vespper.com its essentially an ai-native word editor for long-form content.

it comes with a suite of tools (multi-agent tools to do search over many docs, RAG out of the box, prompt generation per section to reduce context drift, granular AI steerability, structured block generations for 100+ page reports ect.)

New comment by topaztee in "Show HN: isometric.nyc – giant isometric pixel art map of NYC"

topaztee — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:32:47 +0000

neat!

New comment by topaztee in "Show HN: Aviation Compliance Checker – Automated FAA Compliance for GitHub"

topaztee — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:53:54 +0000

are aviation teams using github?

New comment by topaztee in "2025: The Year in LLMs"

topaztee — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 15:55:00 +0000

`Also most tools are completely useless at modifying structured documents`

we built a tool for this for the life science space and are opening it up to the general public very soon. Email me I can give you access (topaz at vespper dot com)

New comment by topaztee in "Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving"

topaztee — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:44:32 +0000

11 years here (more without a user), HN has consistently been the top sites i visit everyday.

thanks all and happy thanksgiving!

New comment by topaztee in "Show HN: Airweave – Let agents search any app"

topaztee — Sun, 18 May 2025 12:40:23 +0000

why is it one of the sloggiest businesses?