Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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.🔥 Be the ~18,300th person to join our super tasty newsletter bit.ly/syntax_snackpack
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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
All links available at https://syntax.fm/973
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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.🔥 Be the ~18,300th person to join our super tasty newsletter bit.ly/syntax_snackpack
@kentcdodds-vids
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
All links available at https://syntax.fm/973
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Hit us up on Socials!
Syntax: https://x.com/syntaxfm
Scott: https://x.com/stolinski
Wes: https://x.com/wesbos
CJ: https://x.com/CodingGarden
Randy: youtube.com/@randyrektor
http://www.syntax.fm
Brought to you by Sentry.io
#webdevelopment #webdeveloper #javascript #syntax #syntaxfm #webdev
