[keithwhor]

This is very cool but definitely has the XKCD standards vibe [0]. If the industry is standardizing on MCP but then we decide it's not good enough, we just end up back where we started. I hope there's enough willpower (and low enough ego) to get to a really tight, single great implementation.

[0] https://xkcd.com/927/

[namaria]

Complete with the alt text mentioning USB, which is used in the MCP website to describe it. Someone else said it and I agree, it's not a good analogy. Most of what we do in software development is connecting things. Saying "this is like USB but for X" could cover a huge chunk of what software is.

Besides, this "think of" analogies kinda irk me because I don't want you to give me a mental image you think I can digest, I want to know how it works. Abstractions in software are great and all but the fact that for some reason most explainers have decided they should be opaque is very unhelpful when you're trying to learn.

[soulofmischief]

Only a certain subset of developer spends most of their time "connecting things", and if that's the kind of developer you consider yourself, I'd be looking to either upskill or change professions as this will be the first kind of developer eliminated if we continue to see decent progress in automation.

[keithwhor]

Would disagree there — system integration probably accounts for like 90% of development work; just at different layers of abstraction.

It’s evergreen work that companies are endlessly trying to eliminate or automate yet keep running headfirst into.

[TeMPOraL]

Doesn't mean it's not all the same or boring drudge work :).

Though I disagree with GP's reply to you about being product-oriented and such - 90% of products are just "system integration" with some custom marketing graphics and a sprinkle of vendor lock in :).

Combination of standardization and AI will end in a great carnage of software developer jobs, as system integration is basically the poster child of a job that should not exist in ideal world - i.e. all problems are problems of insufficient automation or insufficient ability to cope with complexity. But there's only so much demand for R&D and creating bona fide new capabilities, and not everyone wants to be a manager or a salesperson...

IDK, might be really the time to pick some trade skills, as manual labor in the field is likely the last thing to be automated away.

[kiratp]

I would urge you to not think this way: https://www.osmos.io/fabric

[ewoodrich]

You probably should've disclosed that you are promoting your own company's AI product here...

[soulofmischief]

I would still feel zero job security in such a position, and would be looking for work which is not only intellectually and creatively rewarding, but considerably more difficult to automate. Often this means becoming product-oriented or getting into leadership positions.

[thomasfromcdnjs]

aha can't disagree with that sentiment, best I can do is not make the standard suck.