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MCP is eating the world

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335 points emschwartz | 5 comments | 21 Jun 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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0x500x79 ◴[24 Jun 25 15:52 UTC] No.44367530[source]▶
I believe that MCP is a bit over-marketed.

MCP allows you to bring tools to agents you don't control. It's awesome, but it isn't the right match for every problem. If you believe the hype of X/LinkedIn you would think that MCP everywhere is going to be the solution.

Bringing tools to your local Claude client is awesome, but there are still challenges with MCP that need to be solved and like all technology, it isn't applicable universally.

Not to mention it's a recipe for burning tokens!

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Aurornis ◴[24 Jun 25 16:31 UTC] No.44367968[source]▶
> I believe that MCP is a bit over-marketed

MCP is pretty cool, but the way every AI influencer pivoted to producing MCP glorification posts at the same time has been groan-inducing. I can usually ignore the hype cycles, but I've been bombarded with so much MCP influencer content in the past few months that I feel exhausted every time I see those three letters.

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1. qsort ◴[24 Jun 25 16:48 UTC] No.44368185[source]▶
It's basically the story of the last 3 years. Can't ignore the technology, but every loser grifter in existence has been on AI full time. On average, the more they are fanatics of it, the less they're able to take advantage of what it actually can do, most often due to an inordinate amount of skill issues unrelated to AI.
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2. Eisenstein ◴[25 Jun 25 00:16 UTC] No.44372444[source]▶
When the crypto bubble burst, the fad chasers had to go somewhere. It is a tale as old as time.
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3. roenxi ◴[25 Jun 25 10:01 UTC] No.44375466[source]▶
Which crypto bubble burst? The Bitcoin price still appears to be at all-time highs.
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4. Eisenstein ◴[25 Jun 25 13:32 UTC] No.44377144{3}[source]▶
I'm sure your bitcoin are fine, seeing as the entrenched financial institutions and the old money crowd invested in them, their value isn't going to go down; nice to be part of that crowd I am sure. You may want to check in on NFTs, Terra Luna, Celsius, Safe Moon, SQUID, and FTX. I think they might not be at all time highs.
5. Nextgrid ◴[25 Jun 25 20:52 UTC] No.44381715{3}[source]▶
There is bitcoin/crypto currencies, and then there's bullshit and "<boring real world thing> BUT ON THE BLOCKCHAIN".

The former is well-understood and has legitimate use. The latter was a bubble that thankfully mostly burst by now, with the grifters moving on to the next fad (AI).