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  • My name is Didier, welcome to my blog.
  • This isn’t a place for long-form articles; instead, it’s a personal log of short notes and things I’ve learned throughout my dev journey.

What the hell is MCP?

MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It was designed by Antrophic to allow LLMs to connect to external data sources. Before MCP, there was no standardized way for LLMs to do this, which made implementations difficult since many services are built in different languages and vary in how their APIs are structured. Since the introduction of MCP, connecting specific external sources to an LLM is much easier. All you have to do is set up your own MCP server. I will try this later and link the outcome in this post. ...

March 18, 2026

Why I am starting a blog after 18 years of professional experience

I’ve toyed with the idea of starting a blog a dozen times over the last 10 years, but I never actually got around to it. Although I could have shared a lot about my experience with Java, PHP, frontend development, AWS architecture, DevOps, and Kubernetes, I never did. Times have changed, and I’ve learned that there is no better way to learn than to write and teach. So, here we go. ...

March 17, 2026