Web development blog posts by Roy Derks

MCP gives agents access to tools, prompts, and resources, but as a developer building AI applications I find tool calling is the part that actually changes how we build AI systems.

MCP has quickly become the standard for connecting agents to data, and as a result new MCP servers are popping up everywhere.

Model Context Protocol (MCP) has become the standard for tool calling when building agents, but contrary to popular belief, your LLM does not need to understand MCP.

Building MCP servers can be stressful and time-consuming.

If you're building AI agents, you've probably heard of MCP (short for "Model Context Protocol"), a new open-source protocol for connecting agents to your data.

As a software developer seeking to accelerate development and incorporate AI into products, integrating tools like LangChain into your workflow is an exciting prospect.

Last year I released the second edition of my book React Projects, and to celebrate this I'm sharing one of the projects from the book with you.

React Server Components have been a hot topic in the React community, especially in recent months.

The landscape of frontend development is always shifting, and React is no exception to this trend.

In the world of web development, GraphQL has revolutionized how we think about APIs.

React Router is still the most popular routing library for React.

Can you learn React in five minutes?

This blog post will teach you how to use Bootstrap 5 to style a React application.

This blog post will guide you through the process of creating a new single-page React application from the ground up.

GraphQL has changed how developers interact with data in their applications and has often been called the successor to REST.

GraphiQL is a popular tool for GraphQL developers.

Do you want to get up and running quickly with modern web applications but don't have the time or knowledge to navigate complex configurations?

Apollo Server has been the go-to JavaScript library for building GraphQL servers for the last half-decade.

There have been many discussions on Twitter around "GraphQL versus tRPC" for building a modern backend for your application.

Are you looking to create your own React TypeScript project, but don't know where to start?