973: The Web’s Next Form: MCP UI (with Kent C. Dodds)

Scott and Wes sit down with Kent C. Dodds to break down MCP, context engineering, and what it really takes to build effective AI-powered tools. They dig into practical examples, UI patterns, performance tradeoffs, and whether the future of the web lives in chat or the browser.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:44 Introduction to Kent C. Dodds 02:44 What is MCP? 03:28 Context Engineering in AI 04:49 Practical Examples of MCP 06:33 Challenges with Context Bloat 08:08 Brought to you by Sentry.io 09:37 Why not give AI API access directly? 12:28 How is an MCP different from Skills 14:58 MCP optimizations and efficiency...