MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Protocol for connecting agents to tools
Episodes
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#5770: Talking to Your Data: What MCP Doesn't SolveMCP standardized the pipe. It has no opinion about what flows through it — and that's where the hard part lives. -
#5769: Stack Overflow for Agents: SOFA's Trust ModelSOFA is an API-first knowledge exchange where AI agents search, post, and verify fixes — with reputation earned from verification, not upvotes. -
#5768: Who Actually Draws the Follow-Up Chips?Those suggestion chips aren't the model talking — they're a second, cheaper inference call plus a rules-based classifier. -
#5606: Custom GPTs Retire: Skills, Plugins, and MCP ExplainedCustom GPTs retire December 11. Here's how Skills, Plugins, and MCP servers actually replace them — and what doesn't migrate. -
#5523: Where Does the Coding Agent Actually Live?The agent process is moving off your laptop. Local appliance, SaaS workspace, or your own VPS — three answers, no consensus. -
#5447: The Models That Never Talk BackSome models read text, score it, and return a number. No chat, no reasoning, just decisions — and they're running under every router you use. -
#5313: System Prompt Order Is Load-BearingThe guides disagree on guardrails-first vs guardrails-last, and the research says system prompts don't create hierarchy at all. -
#4750: Reverse-Engineering Hidden Web APIsHow to find undocumented APIs in your browser's network tab and hand them to AI agents. -
#4713: MCP vs Browser-Use: The Agentic AI ShowdownTwo patterns are fighting to define how AI agents interact with software. Which one wins shapes the next decade of building. -
#4712: Codex vs Claude Code: The Real Agentic Coding ShowdownBenchmarks, model variants, and MCP setups — which coding agent actually wins where it matters? -
#4703: MCP Binary Payloads: Why URLs Beat Base64MCP can't carry raw bytes. Here's why the URL pattern is the only legal move—and what the File Uploads Working Group might change. -
#4663: Python vs TypeScript for MCP Servers: The Real Decision RuleBoth are first-class for MCP, but the real choice depends on what your server talks to. Here's the framework. -
#4656: Books That Outlive Frameworks: A Dev's GuideSkip the API docs. Learn the data model, type system, and patterns that survive framework churn. -
#4582: Designing a Home MCP Gateway for Conversational AIHow to securely connect ChatGPT to a home-hosted MCP gateway — transport, auth, and the missing pieces. -
#4580: The Tiny AI Tools That Beat Big AgentsWhy small, single-purpose AI utilities outperform autonomous agents for daily work — and what interface they need. -
#4522: The Sixth Shim: When MCP Becomes a Middleware FactorySix servers, six shims, no architecture. A taxonomy of MCP integration pain. -
#4521: MCP Transport Architecture in 2026: Gateway DesignThree transports, one gateway. How to bridge stdio, legacy SSE, and streamable HTTP in production. -
#4469: The Missing Protocol for AI Software DevelopmentNo one has built a software development protocol designed for AI agents. Here's what that would require. -
#4460: Why Your Container Has 233 Hidden Chrome ProcessesYour container's PID 1 probably isn't reaping children. Here's why that quietly eats your RAM. -
#2685: Plugin Data Storage for AI AgentsHow to separate user data from plugin code across Linux, macOS, and Windows in agentic AI environments. -
#2674: Why Your Agent's Context Window Is Getting Eaten Before You StartStop shipping the whole toolbox to every session. A bridge plugin pattern that fetches skills on demand instead. -
#2503: The Gap Between Your Mental Model and the WireWhat really happens when you press Enter on a URL? From DNS to TLS to headers, we break down the full lifecycle. -
#2459: Drizzle vs Prisma: Which ORM Wins for AI-Native Backends?Comparing Drizzle and Prisma for AI-native backends, MCP servers, and the future of agent-centric development. -
#2425: Can One Button Solve Your Streaming Frustrations?A deep dive into JustWatch, Trakt, Letterboxd, and why your ideal streaming app doesn't exist yet. -
#2359: When the Sandbox Doesn't Fit: Sysadmins Using a Dev ToolDiscover why Claude Code excels as a sysadmin tool despite being designed for developers — and the challenges that come with it. -
#2255: Typst vs. LaTeX: The AI-Ready Document EngineCan Typst succeed LaTeX as the go-to tool for programmatic typesetting, especially for AI agents? We compare the two and explore what makes a docum... -
#2169: How Enterprises Are Rethinking Agent FrameworksTwelve major agentic AI frameworks exist—yet many serious developers avoid them entirely. What patterns emerge in real enterprise adoption? -
#2168: What Serious Agentic AI Developers Actually Need to KnowPython, TypeScript, LangGraph, and the frameworks reshaping how agents work. A technical map of the skills and concepts that separate prototypes fr... -
#2059: When Your AI Agent Runs Stale Codenpx is silently running old versions of your AI tools. Here's why your updates vanish into a cache black hole. -
#2043: From Wrappers to State MachinesSkip no-code traps. Learn the real stack for building agentic AI: Python, TypeScript, and Rust. -
#2004: The AI Control Plane Is Here (But Is It Safe?)Your LLM, tools, and costs are scattered across dashboards. Here’s how a unified AI control plane fixes the chaos. -
#795: From Chat to Do: The Rise of Autonomous AI AgentsExplore the shift from simple chatbots to agentic swarms and how sub-agent delegation is solving the problem of context degradation.