973: The Web’s Next Form: MCP UI (with Kent C. Dodds) from Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

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973: The Web’s Next Form: MCP UI (with Kent C. Dodds)

48 minutes Posted Jan 26, 2026 at 12:00 pm.

Welcome to Syntax!

Introduction to Kent C. Dodds

What is MCP?

Context Engineering in AI

Practical Examples of MCP

Challenges with Context Bloat

Brought to you by Sentry.io

Why not give AI API access directly?

How is an MCP different from Skills

MCP optimizations and efficiency levers

MCP UI and Its Importance

Where are we at today with MCP

What is the development flow for building MCP servers?

Building out an MCP UI.

Returning HTML, when to render.

Calling tools from your UI

What is Goose?

Are browsers cooked? Is everything via chat?

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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.

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Kent: OneWheel

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Kent: http://EpicAI.pro,http://EpicWeb.dev,http://EpicReact.dev

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