How do you feel about Julia Observer?

[Marc.Cox]

Hi @nalimilan ,

FYI JuliaObserver.com has been down over a week now, and its not clear if anyone is working on it .

Also, All the alternative “work arounds” are extremely cumbersome, way too far down in the weeds for a searchable functional overview of available Julia packages , and so would be very weak substitutes for JuliaObserver.com .

Would you or anyone else on this thread know who to contact, offer help to etc. ?

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