Thoughts, tutorials, and insights on web development
In July 2026 MCP removed sessions and became stateless — the one constraint REST has been built on since 2000. MCP did not replace REST. This is how we got here.
GitHub's MCP server spends roughly 17,600 tokens on tool descriptions, with the full toolset on, before you ask anything. What that buys, when REST is still better, and the twelve of my own published articles that a "success" response hid from me for weeks.
A comparison of manual releases, script automation, CI/CD platforms, and GitOps — and when each approach works best.