#187 Max: MCP vs. gRPC – The Battle for AI Agent Connectivity

A battle is brewing for the future of AI agent connectivity: MCP vs. gRPC. ⚔️ One is AI-native and speaks the language of LLMs; the other is a battle-tested speed demon from the world of microservices.

We’ll talk about:

• A deep dive into MCP (Model Context Protocol) and gRPC, comparing their strengths and weaknesses for connecting AI agents to external tools.
• Why MCP's killer feature is runtime discovery, allowing agents to learn what tools do from natural language descriptions.
• Why gRPC's blazing-fast performance, powered by Protocol Buffers and HTTP/2, makes it the king of high-throughput systems.
• The "AI Translation Gap": why gRPC requires an extra adapt ...