... Something I've been thinking about while building in the small-batch production space (bakeries, candle and soap makers, caterers): almost every tool in this category, including most of what I looked at before building my own, treats "inventory" and "capacity" as the same problem. They're not. Knowing you have 60 eggs, 8kg of flour, and 1.5kg of butter is an inventory fact. Knowing that translates to 15 cakes, not the 25 a customer just asked ...

... number that stopped meaning anything, whereas a deviation gate gets quieter as the pattern establishes itself, which is the direction you want, because the gate stops competing with the user's patience. It also lands closer to your dish soap problem than a tool-and-target policy can. Buying soap

... engineers and agents touching production systems, terrifying. MCP creates a permission boundary that CLIs don't have. The spec mandates OAuth 2.1 for remote servers. You get user-level consent, token expiry, scoped access, audit trails. The CLI alternative is API keys in environment variables. Yikes. Even the projects being held up as proof that MCP lost tell the opposite story. Perplexity still runs an MCP server for developers. Their new Agent API is basically a managed MCP gateway with ... ... ecosystem. MCP isn't dying. It's just becoming infrastructure. And infrastructure is boring. Nobody writes viral tweets about TCP/IP. Comment from Kristofer Lachance(@kris_lachance): For sure. Every protocol goes through this. REST was "unnecessary" when we had SOAP

... usually the harder, more valuable thing to get right. dont get caught spending 40 hours trying to perfect a name/domain and then you build something no one even wants, prioritize it right... Comment from Keesan(@keesan12): Hot take: domain vs product is the easy decision compared with workflow clarity. I d rather validate the painful user path first, then buy the domain once I know the promise is real. The bigger cost is not rebranding later, it s spending weeks ... ... Hunter Barry(@hunter_barry): We had a cheap work in progress domain while we had most of the product built and then continued the (protracted and frustrating) process of negotiating for the domain we wanted. We started with www.health-studio.ai versus

... workplace-related! Excited to be part of this YC batch! Good luck to everyone applying! Comment from Mohamed Ashraf(@dagermohamed): I have already applied, and I am building an open-source business management platform that could serve as an alternative to HubSpot, Zoho, and similar products. My focus is on making the platform user-friendly and simpler, unlike other platforms that are difficult to use. Most importantly, the platform I am creating will not be overpriced like many others ... ... best way. One that's engaging, effective, and accessible to all. Super excited to launch our prototype soon! Comment from Rajiv Ayyangar(@rajiv_ayyangar): @edlook   Comment from Rajiv Ayyangar(@rajiv_ayyangar): @hirecadeashish  We had a near competitor

... built for med school , for helping students organize, retain, and apply what they learn with clarity. Key Features: AI summaries, flashcards, and mind maps from your own notes Spaced repetition that actually adapts to your memory Clinical tools like SOAP note generation and exam question practice Progress tracking for both academic & emotional wellbeing It's free for early users, and we re improving based on feedback every day. Would love for you to try it and share your thoughts ...

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