https://news.tishandavid.comAn editorial feed on the Model Context Protocol, AI tooling, and developer infrastructure — by Tishan David, Sydney.en-AUhttps://news.tishandavid.com/articles/mcp-in-2026https://news.tishandavid.com/articles/mcp-in-2026Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMTai-toolsHow the Model Context Protocol matured from its 2024 launch to the 2026 stateless core: transports, OAuth authorization, SDKs, and what to rely on vs avoid.https://news.tishandavid.com/articles/dispatch-weekly-w26https://news.tishandavid.com/articles/dispatch-weekly-w26Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMTweekly-digestsWeek to 26 June 2026: MCP's stateless spec RC, Salesforce going MCP-default, Copilot usage billing, the agent funding shakeout, and NSA security guidance.https://news.tishandavid.com/articles/production-mcp-servershttps://news.tishandavid.com/articles/production-mcp-serversTue, 23 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMTai-toolsProduction-grade MCP server patterns: read-only defaults, write allowlists, input validation, timeouts, row caps, least-privilege auth, and snapshot tests.https://news.tishandavid.com/articles/mcp-vs-tool-callinghttps://news.tishandavid.com/articles/mcp-vs-tool-callingFri, 19 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMTai-toolsA working engineer's breakdown of when Model Context Protocol pays for itself over provider-native tool calling, with concrete code and the N×M math.https://news.tishandavid.com/articles/mcp-server-ecosystemhttps://news.tishandavid.com/articles/mcp-server-ecosystemTue, 16 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMTai-toolsA practical mid-2026 guide to MCP servers worth wiring into Claude Desktop and Claude Code — reference servers, third-party picks, quality signals, and a real config.https://news.tishandavid.com/articles/context-engineeringhttps://news.tishandavid.com/articles/context-engineeringFri, 12 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMTai-toolsWhy curating what enters the model's context window beats clever phrasing: long context vs RAG vs MCP, context rot, token budgets, and a worked agent example.https://news.tishandavid.com/articles/paas-on-a-vpshttps://news.tishandavid.com/articles/paas-on-a-vpsTue, 09 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMTdev-infraWhy Dokku, Coolify and CapRover on one cheap VPS beat Vercel, Netlify and Fly at scale — the real AUD economics, the git-push DX, and the ops you now own.https://news.tishandavid.com/articles/git-push-monoreposhttps://news.tishandavid.com/articles/git-push-monoreposFri, 05 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMTdev-infraPath-filtered CI, git subtree pushes, and Dokku build-dir: how to deploy multiple apps from one monorepo without rebuilding everything on every commit.https://news.tishandavid.com/articles/observability-without-bill-shockhttps://news.tishandavid.com/articles/observability-without-bill-shockTue, 02 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMTdev-infraHow small teams run real observability with OpenTelemetry and a self-hosted Grafana stack, and where the Datadog math stops making sense.https://news.tishandavid.com/articles/edge-or-origin-australiahttps://news.tishandavid.com/articles/edge-or-origin-australiaFri, 29 May 2026 23:00:00 GMTdev-infraWhen edge functions beat a Sydney-region origin for Australian users, and when they don't — latency, data residency, cold starts, runtime limits, and AUD cost.