Jon Woodlief's Blog https://jonwoodlief.github.io/jonwoodlief/ Thoughts on AI, APIs, and software engineering en-us Thu, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI as the Engine of Application State https://jonwoodlief.github.io/jonwoodlief/ai-app-state.html https://jonwoodlief.github.io/jonwoodlief/ai-app-state.html Thu, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Using AI to drive your application workflows can simplify development and give incredible flexibility to the user. Bring Your Own MCP https://jonwoodlief.github.io/jonwoodlief/bring-your-own-mcp.html https://jonwoodlief.github.io/jonwoodlief/bring-your-own-mcp.html Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT AI assistants should do more than chat, they should actively assist users in performing tasks. Embedding MCP in the front end allows you to provide an AI agent the tools your users need when they need it. The Missing Level in REST: API Discoverability from Academic Ideal to AI Necessity https://jonwoodlief.github.io/jonwoodlief/rest3-mcp.html https://jonwoodlief.github.io/jonwoodlief/rest3-mcp.html Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Most REST APIs today are incomplete. We build APIs that expose resources (Level 1) and use HTTP verbs correctly (Level 2), but we stop there. We skip Level 3 - the one that tells clients what they can actually do next.