Stop Comparing MCP to REST APIs! They're Not Competing.
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MCP keeps coming up in every AI dev conversation right now. And almost every time, someone asks: "So does this replace REST APIs?" No. And the comparison itself reveals a misunderstanding worth clearing up - one I ran into myself when I first started building with MCP. TL;DR: REST APIs are for developer-to-system calls. MCP is for model-to-system calls. They're not competing - in most setups, MCP wraps your existing REST APIs. The math shifts from N×M integrations to N+M. That's the whole game.…
1Key Takeaways
- MCP keeps coming up in every AI dev conversation right now.
- And almost every time, someone asks: "So does this replace REST APIs?" No.
- And the comparison itself reveals a misunderstanding worth clearing up - one I ran into myself when I first started building with MCP.
- TL;DR: REST APIs are for developer-to-system calls.
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — AI reports that mCP keeps coming up in every AI dev conversation right now.
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