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MCP is eating the world

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335 points emschwartz | 4 comments | 21 Jun 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.545s | source
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dansiemens ◴[24 Jun 25 16:12 UTC] No.44367746[source]▶
MCP is currently too difficult to setup and too complicated for consumers to understand. Once somebody big enough figures out distribution and integration a la the App Store, and the market starts to understand MCP integrations as extensions your AI client can orchestrate across (do one thing in App A, another in App B, etc all with a single prompt), it’ll be off to the races.
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1. csomar ◴[24 Jun 25 16:38 UTC] No.44368057[source]▶
MCP is too simple actually. You just use one command? I think the problem is that most MCP "servers" do not work. They are either too early/alpha, not well supported, too limited, etc. Everyone is trying to write blog post but not actually do the product development.
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2. svachalek ◴[24 Jun 25 16:54 UTC] No.44368249[source]▶
This is true. Most of the MCP servers I have seen are also some of the worst examples of software I have ever seen. Given the people who are attracted to it, it's likely they're all vibe coded.
3. cpursley ◴[25 Jun 25 07:23 UTC] No.44374504[source]▶
Installing even a single command is not tenable for the vast majority of non technical users of software, not even Claude desktop users.
4. Maxious ◴[25 Jun 25 09:06 UTC] No.44375129[source]▶
Can we split the difference that if one of you say it's simple and one of you say it's too complex, we have reached the juuust right zone.