The Facade of Competence

The Role Bridging Problem

An observation on functional correctness without domain quality.

November 20, 2025 · 5 min · 937 words · Sam McLeod
MCP Server Tool Context Usage

Stop Polluting Context - Let Users Disable Individual MCP Tools

If you’re building MCP servers, you should be adding the ability to disable individual tools.

August 26, 2025 · 4 min · 833 words · Sam McLeod
Security middleware blocking potentially malicious content

MCP DevTools

MCP DevTools - The one tool that replaced the 10-15 odd NodeJS/Python/Rust MCP servers I had running at any given to for agentic coding tools with a single server that provides tools I consider useful for agents when coding. The Problem The MCP ecosystem has grown rapidly, but I found myself managing many separate servers, each often running multiple times for every MCP client I had running, not to mention the ever growing memory and CPU consumption of the many NodeJS or Python processes. ...

August 18, 2025 · 9 min · 1822 words · Sam McLeod