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MCP is eating the world

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335 points emschwartz | 1 comments | 21 Jun 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | 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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tempodox ◴[24 Jun 25 16:12 UTC] No.44367740[source]▶
> … agents you don't control. It's awesome …

What have we come to when losing control in software development is called “awesome”.

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0x500x79 ◴[24 Jun 25 16:43 UTC] No.44368115[source]▶
I don't think that the goal of MCP is for software developers.

MCP is great for: "I would like Claude Desktop/VSCode/Cursor to know about my JIRA tickets". AFAIK Most of the tools that are being used for AI Coding tools are not delivered through MCP.

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1. tempodox ◴[25 Jun 25 18:56 UTC] No.44380728[source]▶
Still, in what world is delegating the stuff you want to do to machines you have no control over a good idea?