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Show HN: Status Observer MCP – Monitor Operational Status of Services in Claude

https://github.com/imprvhub/mcp-status-observer
1•ivanimprv•1y ago

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badmonster•1y ago
How does the Status Observer MCP handle cases where the status APIs of monitored platforms have varying data formats? Does it require custom parsing logic for each platform, or is there a unified way to handle different responses?
ivanimprv•1y ago
Thanks for the question! Yes, Status Observer MCP handles varying API formats through a hybrid approach. While some platforms provide clean JSON responses, others like GCP required custom helpers in a separate backend that parse the specific data formats and normalize them before delivery to the MCP server. This lets us handle platform-specific quirks while maintaining a consistent devolution. If you have any platform suggestions you'd like to see added, please create an issue in the repository. I'd be happy to work on implementing them!

Which came first, Windows 95's taskbar or NeXT's Dock? Neither

https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/03/which-came-first-windows-95s-taskbar-or-nexts...
1•rbanffy•36s ago•0 comments

Firefox extension that makes Reddit Old again, no account required

https://github.com/moomou/reddit-classic
3•ppymou•4m ago•1 comments

They're Made Out of Meat

https://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/TheyMade.shtml
1•embedding-shape•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: VODForge – a free local desktop UI for YouTube video/playlist downloads

https://getvodforge.com/
1•coopernusbaum•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Agentic OS: one Rust Linux binary, one SQLite and sandbox per entity

https://github.com/mmeyerlein/meclaw
1•mmeyerlein•6m ago•0 comments

Single-slot low-profile 75W RTX 3060 with no power connectors disappoints

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/single-slot-low-profile-75w-rtx-3060-with-no-powe...
1•sbulaev•6m ago•0 comments

Dark Forest: SETI at Home for Agent Swarms

https://github.com/mobdotso/darkforest-plugin
1•david_shi•6m ago•0 comments

Building Without VC

https://novc.fyi
1•taylorfinley•8m ago•1 comments

Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airport after it overshoots runway

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/06/amazon-cargo-plane-crashes-miami-airport
4•vinni2•13m ago•0 comments

Tiny backpack on a warbler reveals epic migration

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/09/06/i-put-tiny-backpack-warbler-it-revealed-an-epic-...
1•bookofjoe•14m ago•1 comments

Nazi, deportation and remigration party wins in Germany

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/6/far-right-afd-wins-vote-in-germanys-saxony-anhalt-state-e...
3•giov4•14m ago•1 comments

The Great Barrier Reef refuses to die on schedule - best years record

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-06/great-barrier-reef-refuses-to-die
2•bilsbie•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: HexBOTs – a cellular automaton with robotic lawnmowers

https://hexbot-genesis.netlify.app/
2•unitX•17m ago•0 comments

The car industry A/B tested selling a car with and without CarPlay

https://a.wholelottanothing.org/the-car-industry-a-b-tested-selling-the-same-car-with-and-without...
12•gumby•20m ago•4 comments

Fundamentalista: Fundamental analysis of listed companies in Ruby from SEC EDGAR

https://github.com/bruno-costanzo/fundamentalista
2•br1costanzo•22m ago•0 comments

Understanding Computer Memory Architecture and SSD Internals

https://codingpirate.com/understanding-computer-memory-architecture-ac9320110787
2•Deeptiman•22m ago•0 comments

A Minimal Turing Test

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103117303980
2•AFF87•24m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What's the best place to learn about skills and AI for coding in general

3•rrmdp•25m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Notifyd – one-binary notification service on Postgres, operated via MCP

https://github.com/rmzlb/notifyd
1•rmzlb•25m ago•0 comments

There Gonna Be a Shortage of Everything

https://out-of-hell.xylon.me.uk/shortage.html
7•xylon•28m ago•3 comments

Monitor GitHub repo stats without limits with gittraffic.com – for maintainers

https://gittraffic.com/blog/2026/09/01
2•pellecchialuigi•29m ago•1 comments

Show HN: HakoVM – Firecracker-class VMs in macOS, built by a macOS hacker

https://github.com/las7/HakoVM
2•sakuraiben•30m ago•0 comments

Localhub: Turn your local videos into your own offline YouTube

https://beta-japan.com/exis/p/localhub/
1•exisvr•31m ago•0 comments

Making signaling ML models, eliminating coding barriers

https://twitter.com/reviseml/status/2096682767446679648
1•Aadi_Ajmire•38m ago•1 comments

Chainsaw maker STIHL's chief calls for longer hours without extra pay

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5•devonnull•38m ago•0 comments

App Store Connect CLI

https://github.com/rorkai/App-Store-Connect-CLI
1•luispa•41m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How do you manage skills files?

2•imadtaieber•46m ago•3 comments

Germany's far-right AfD projected to win

https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/06/europe/germany-afd-state-election-majority-intl
8•hasley•52m ago•11 comments

XCancel service is resumed following legal progress from Nitter

https://xcancel.com/cdclegal
5•bagelreindeersn•53m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Time Pin – a history themed GeoGuessr-style game

https://playtimepin.com/
2•AndreiCx•56m ago•0 comments