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Re:Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production? on Thursday September 03, 2026 @10:39PM (#49559894)
Why don’t you tell us instead of asking questions
Hilariously naive take. Typical HN.
Yet they take themselves so seriously…
No, not in the least.
Did you? Fascinating.
wait, who's being closed-minded?
Ok, are they cancelled yet?
Bingo.
> A challenge with this kind of study is that coding agents (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex) only started working really well in

2026? 5? 4? 3?

Heard this one way too many times.

> we're going to decline to renew some software subscriptions

Yeah, sure you are. Report back when it happens.

Well… what
Exactly. Everyone who posts here regularly believes themselves to be “not evil”. Working for Google, Facebook, burning resources to produce ai slop, etc.

Not me of course. I’m making the world a better place by introducing ai into your Facebook feed.

Re:U.S. health spending on pace to hit $6T on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @05:57PM (#48666099)
> IMO, there's an interesting opportunity for AI to make healthcare deflationary.

How many times have I heard this, about how many techs. But this time for real?

Health spending in the us is too tied up with the country’s economy for it to ever be reduced. Same goes for housing. The cost of both of these will continue to increase. As long as the investor class is satisfied, this is all that matters.

Re:America has lost its war with Iran on Monday June 15, 2026 @10:53PM (#48549975)
Nuance has nothing to do with it. If you start a war and you don’t win, then you lose.