What the heck is MCP? With Jack Herrington!

It feels like the term "MCP" has showed up EVERYWHERE lately, and with very little warning for folks who aren't deep in the AI space. @jherr teaches us what the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is and how we can use it — plus we build our own MCP server, and even dig into generating a full app with Tanstack Start and Claude. Upcoming episodes: https://lwj.dev/schedule Links & Resources: - Model Context Protocol (MCP): https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction - Jack's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jherr - Jack's MCP Video: https://youtu.be/VChRPFUzJGA?si=Y8z3Fbb14bGxxklg Watch future episodes live at https://lwj.dev/live This episode was sponsored by: - Tuple: https://lwj.dev/tuple 00:00 Introduction 00:35 Exploring MCP and Its Relevance 04:12 Hands-On with MCP Servers 08:34 Building a Custom MCP Server 12:45 Testing and Debugging MCP Server 36:49 Navigating Logs and Errors 37:37 Slicing Data for Better Performance 41:50 Implementing AI Tools for Episode Management 47:38 Creating a New Project with AI Assistance 51:01 Refactoring Code with AI 01:11:27 Exploring AI Recommendations 01:20:56 Setting Up Local Search 01:43:21 YouTube Thumbnails and Content Creation 01:46:51 Upcoming Events and Signing Off