mitsuhiko mocks the reality of "open standards": great in theory, messy in practice
mitsuhiko · x · 2026-09-30
Well-known developer mitsuhiko shares a sarcastic take on how an open standard (widely associated with the MCP ecosystem) actually plays out in practice: "Implement an open standard they said. The open standard in practice."
The post links out to evidence of the gap between the standard's promise and real-world implementations, capturing a common frustration in the AI ecosystem that "open" standards often fragment in practice.
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