top | item 44405162 (no title) bryancoxwell | 8 months ago But this whole post is about using MCP sans AI discuss order hn newest iLoveOncall|8 months ago MCP without AI is just APIs.MCP is already a useless layer between AIs and APIs, using it when you don't even have GenAI is simply idiotic.The only redeeming quality of MCP is actually that it has pushed software vendors to expose APIs to users, but just use those directly... ricardobeat|8 months ago And that’s the whole point - it’s APIs we did not have. Now app developers are encouraged to have a public, user friendly, fully functional API made for individual use, instead of locking them behind enterprise contracts and crippling usage limits. load replies (4)
iLoveOncall|8 months ago MCP without AI is just APIs.MCP is already a useless layer between AIs and APIs, using it when you don't even have GenAI is simply idiotic.The only redeeming quality of MCP is actually that it has pushed software vendors to expose APIs to users, but just use those directly... ricardobeat|8 months ago And that’s the whole point - it’s APIs we did not have. Now app developers are encouraged to have a public, user friendly, fully functional API made for individual use, instead of locking them behind enterprise contracts and crippling usage limits. load replies (4)
ricardobeat|8 months ago And that’s the whole point - it’s APIs we did not have. Now app developers are encouraged to have a public, user friendly, fully functional API made for individual use, instead of locking them behind enterprise contracts and crippling usage limits. load replies (4)
iLoveOncall|8 months ago
MCP is already a useless layer between AIs and APIs, using it when you don't even have GenAI is simply idiotic.
The only redeeming quality of MCP is actually that it has pushed software vendors to expose APIs to users, but just use those directly...
ricardobeat|8 months ago