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Joel Hanson

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MCP

MCP servers from scratch: Kafka operations, Django REST Framework, and a general REST to MCP bridge (ContextLayer).

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  1. Building an MCP Server for Your Kafka Cluster

    A step‑by‑step guide to using FastMCP and the MCP protocol to expose Kafka operations (topic management, produce/consume, troubleshooting) as LLM‑accessible tools.

  2. Convert Your Django DRF Project to MCP in 5 Minutes

    The Problem: When APIs Meet AI Assistants # A few weeks ago, I was experimenting with Model Context Protocol (MCP) for a Kafka integration project. The …

  3. Introducing ContextLayer: Transform Any REST API into an MCP Server in Minutes

    The Problem: Connecting AI Assistants to Your APIs # As AI assistants like Claude and VS Code Copilot become more powerful, developers are discovering a …