MCP with a user interface
A cool emerging part of the MCP standard allows you to return UI components to clients as part of your answer, leading to richer experiences.
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See allZipping 15GB of S3 files in Lambda in 215 seconds
You can do a whole lot more in Lambda than you realized with proper memory management.
Read issueYour agent is repeating itself
So much of agent traffic is repetitive. By adding in caching layers, you can both improve your user experience and decrease your bills in one fell …
Read the full articleAgent development has changed… again.
In the past two years, tech has seen an incredibly fast cycle on how we build AI agents. Things have changed again, but in a good way.
Read issueThink again about running agents locally
Are you running an AI agent on your dev machine to do work for you? You may have some security issues.
Read issueLocal agents scare me
I built an AI agent with its own identity, MFA, and scoped credentials. It's still not safe. Here's why local is the wrong place to run it.
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