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Tag: Computing

  • MCP as Secure Gateway

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    robert.adlington
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    Instead of a bloated API, an MCP should be a simple, secure gateway that provides a few powerful, high-level tools: download_raw_data(filters…) take_sensitive_gated_action(args…) execute_code_in_environment_with_state(code…) In this model, MCP’s job isn’t to abstract reality for the agent; its job is to manage the auth, networking, and security boundaries and then get out of the way. This makes…

  • Setting up a codebase for working with coding agents

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    robert.adlington
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    For the most part anything that makes a codebase easier for humans to maintain turns out to help agents as well. — Read on simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/25/coding-agent-tips/