Welcome to Surf Report, your weekly dose of my open tabs! Each week, I’ll be rounding up a handful of links that caught my eye. Think of this as my digital spring-cleaning, where I finally rescue those tabs I’ve left open for weeks, promising myself I’ll read them… only to forget they exist until my browser is begging me to put it out of its misery.
MCP (Model Context Protocol): Simply explained in 5 minutes
MCP is the hot new trend right now, but it also sounds much more complicated than it actually is. In this article, Jordan Cutler simplifies what MCP is for you, show you how you can use it to be more productive, and explain how it works behind the scenes.
Accelerating Large-Scale Test Migration with LLMs
How Airbnb migrated nearly 3.5K Enzyme test files to React Testing Library in just 6 weeks using automation and LLMs.
Interactivity API Best Practices in WordPress 6.8
If you have been using the Interactivity API in your project, especially if you have been writing your own stores, please read on to learn how you can prepare your changes for the latest and future behavior of the API.
The Rate of Learning
Michael Karnjanaprakorn talks about how the speed of picking up new skills hinges on personal effort and curiosity, arguing that seeing learnings in practice, rather than in theory might be better.
My Recent Posts
Why We Should Start Writing DocBlock Comments More in Your Codebase
In my latest post, I explain how static types and signatures fall short of giving AI tools like LLMs the context they need, so I’m pushing for comment blocks to share intent and boost AI collaboration. I also highlight how docblocks help us humans by capturing edge cases, and with AI drafting them, it’s a simple step to a more maintainable codebase.
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