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973: The Web’s Next Form: MCP UI (with Kent C. Dodds)
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:48:59
Publish Date: 2026-01-26 12:00:00
Description:

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 levers
  • 16:24 MCP UI and Its Importance
  • 19:18 Where are we at today with MCP
  • 24:06 What is the development flow for building MCP servers?
  • 27:17 Building out an MCP UI.
  • 29:29 Returning HTML, when to render.
  • 36:17 Calling tools from your UI
  • 37:25 What is Goose?
  • 38:42 Are browsers cooked? Is everything via chat?
  • 43:25 Remix3
  • 47:21 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs

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