I Was Wrong About MCPs
In June I wrote about replacing MCPs with skills and scripts, and about a skill file beating an MCP server almost everywhere except where there’s no CLI. I still work that way. The conclusion I drew …
Read →Hi, I'm Nick Perkins. I'm a software engineer building AI-focused products. On weekends I officiate motorsport. This is where I write about what I'm working on and what I'm noticing along the way.
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Agent to Agent Communication: MCP Is the Wrong Layer
A few weeks ago I wrote about replacing MCPs with skills and scripts. Someone pushed back in the comments over on LinkedIn with one …
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I Stopped Using MCPs and Replaced Them with Skills and Scripts
Update, October 2026: I’ve changed my mind about part of this post. Here’s why. Everyone’s excited about MCPs. The Model Context Protocol is …
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grug make AI skill. grug happy.
grug been thinking about complexity demon lately. complexity demon sneaky. complexity demon hide in code review. complexity demon whisper …
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The Testing Pyramid Still Matters (Even When AI Wrote Your Tests)
I’ve been spending a lot of time in agentic AI workflows lately. Describe a feature, the agent writes the code, the tests, and the PR. It’s …
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