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javabin-archive

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This app connects your AI to an archive covering the origins of javaBin and JavaZone from 1998 to 2007. The archive is organized as a knowledge web with signed entries, so records can be traced back to their source. Once added, your AI can answer questions about how javaBin and JavaZone began and back those answers with the original entries.

Use javabin-archive in Claude, ChatGPT or Ahel Desktop

Free. Sign in, add javabin-archive and connect your AI. About a minute.

ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop

Also: Claude Code · Cursor · Codex

Then ask your AI: use the kcp plan tool from javabin-archive

Details

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

After adding it, ask your AI a question about javaBin or JavaZone's early years, such as how it all started or what happened in a particular year. The AI will pull the matching archive entries to answer.

javabin-archiveStart free

What your AI can do with it

  • Answer questions about the early history of javaBin and JavaZone from 1998 to 2007
  • Look up specific years, topics, or records from that period
  • Follow connections in the knowledge web between related archive entries
  • Trace answers back to signed entries in the archive

Install javabin-archive

The server’s own address, for the clients that take one directly. Or connect Ahel once and every client you use reads it from one address, with the account kept on Ahel rather than in each client’s config.

  • Claude Code

    claude mcp add --transport http --scope user javabin-archive 'https://mcp-javabin-archieve.fly.dev/mcp'

    Run it once in your project, then open /mcp to approve any sign-in the server asks for.

  • Claude Desktop

    https://mcp-javabin-archieve.fly.dev/mcp

    Add a custom connector in Settings, paste this address, and approve the sign-in.

  • Cursor

    cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=javabin-archive&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21jcC1qYXZhYmluLWFyY2hpZXZlLmZseS5kZXYvbWNwIn0=

    Open the link and Cursor adds the server at that address.

  • ChatGPT

    https://mcp-javabin-archieve.fly.dev/mcp

    In Settings, enable Developer mode, create an MCP app, and paste this address. Your plan and workspace must allow custom apps.

  • Codex

    codex mcp add javabin-archive --url 'https://mcp-javabin-archieve.fly.dev/mcp'

    Run it once, then sign in with codex mcp login javabin-archive if the server asks for an account.

From the project's README

As published by totto/javabin-archieve in README.md.

The Early Years — The History of javaBin (Norwegian Java User Group)

A documentary-style static site chronicling the founding and early history of javaBin, the Norwegian Java User Group (founded April 23, 1998), and how a small community in Oslo grew JavaZone into Scandinavia's largest developer conference.

Live Site

The site is deployed on GitHub Pages from the docs/ folder:

https://exoreaction.github.io/javabin-archieve/

Structure

docs/               GitHub Pages source (plain HTML + CSS)
  index.html         Single-page documentary site
  style.css          Custom CSS — no frameworks, no build step

baseline/            Research baseline: timeline, people, findings
sources/             Primary sources: firsthand accounts, tributes
snapshots/           Wayback Machine snapshots of java.no
scripts/             Fetch and research scripts
wayback-output/      Raw Wayback Machine downloads

Enabling GitHub Pages

If the site is not yet live, enable it in the repository settings:

  1. Go to Settings → Pages
  2. Under Source, select Deploy from a branch
  3. Set branch to main and folder to /docs
  4. Click Save

The site will be live within a few minutes at the URL above.

Content

The site covers javaBin's history from 1996 to the present, with focus on the founding era (1998–2008):

  • The Origin — The 1996 first attempt, the 1998 founding, Totto's motivation
  • The People — The inner circle: Totto, Stein Grimstad, Carl Onstad; key contributors
  • The Platform — java.no as a Java web application, JForum, 2M+ hits/month
  • JavaZone — From 350 people in a basement (2002) to 3,600 at Oslo Spektrum (2024)
  • The Community — Forum culture, Norwegian-language tech discussion, monthly meetups
  • The Handover — 2007: Totto and Stein step down, the next generation takes over
  • Legacy — Teknologihuset, Duke's Choice Award 2019, 4,000 members today

Sources

Built from primary sources including:

  • Olve Maudal's 2007 tribute blog post
  • Thor Henning Hetland's firsthand memories (2026)
  • javaBin annual meeting documents (2003–2009)
  • Wayback Machine snapshots of java.no (1997–2006)
  • JavaZone web archive (jz09–jz12.java.no)

Tech

Plain HTML + CSS. No build step, no JavaScript frameworks, no dependencies. Opens in any browser. Deploys on GitHub Pages with zero configuration beyond the settings above.

License

See LICENSE.

Tools it offers (5)

What this server listed when Ahel dialed its public endpoint in Oct 2026, with no key and no account of yours. The names are the server’s own.

  • kcp_plan
  • kcp_load
  • kcp_validate
  • kcp_trace
  • kcp_replay

Signals

Last commit
Jul 2026
Advanced
Delivery
javabin-archieve MCP server → your Ahel connector (mcp.ahel.ai) → your AI.
Item type
mcp-server
Key
org-totto-javabin-archieve
Source
github.com/totto/javabin-archieve
Hosted endpoint
https://mcp-javabin-archieve.fly.dev/mcp

github.com/totto/javabin-archieve

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