caffeinatethe blog and website of Nate Barbettinihttps://caffeinate.blog/Model Context Protocol in plain Englishhttps://caffeinate.blog/post/mcp-in-plain-english/https://caffeinate.blog/post/mcp-in-plain-english/How is MCP different than any other API? Why do we need a new protocol for agent communication in the first place?Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:55:00 GMTMCP Debugger is now an MCP serverhttps://caffeinate.blog/post/mcp-debugger-july-2026-update/https://caffeinate.blog/post/mcp-debugger-july-2026-update/Yo dawg, I heard you like MCP...Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:55:00 GMTTwo million viewshttps://caffeinate.blog/post/two-million-views/https://caffeinate.blog/post/two-million-views/My talk "OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect in Plain English" recently crossed two million views on YouTube.Wed, 20 May 2026 20:00:00 GMTIntroducing the MCP Debuggerhttps://caffeinate.blog/post/introducing-mcp-debugger/https://caffeinate.blog/post/introducing-mcp-debugger/A free tool to test MCP servers the way an agent experiences them.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:55:31 GMTThe Little ASP.NET Core Book, revisedhttps://caffeinate.blog/post/little-aspnetcore-book-revised/https://caffeinate.blog/post/little-aspnetcore-book-revised/An updated release of my free ebook is now available!Sun, 06 May 2018 22:37:38 GMTIntroducing the OpenID Connect debuggerhttps://caffeinate.blog/post/introducing-openid-connect-debugger/https://caffeinate.blog/post/introducing-openid-connect-debugger/A tool to set up and troubleshoot OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect flows.Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:55:31 GMTA little book updatehttps://caffeinate.blog/post/a-little-book-update/https://caffeinate.blog/post/a-little-book-update/An update on the Little ASP.NET Core BookMon, 20 Nov 2017 15:15:46 GMTIntroducing the Little ASP.NET Core Bookhttps://caffeinate.blog/post/introducing-little-aspnetcore-book/https://caffeinate.blog/post/introducing-little-aspnetcore-book/Learn ASP.NET Core 2.0 with my free bookTue, 19 Sep 2017 14:05:38 GMTSet up the ultimate Windows 10 consolehttps://caffeinate.blog/post/set-up-ultimate-windows-10-console/https://caffeinate.blog/post/set-up-ultimate-windows-10-console/A guide to setting up PowerShell, ConEmu,Chocolatey, Git for Windows, and posh-git on Windows 10Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:32:58 GMTAsync/await in a console applicationhttps://caffeinate.blog/post/how-to-await-console-application/https://caffeinate.blog/post/how-to-await-console-application/Using asynchronous methods in a command-line applicationTue, 08 Aug 2017 14:49:04 GMTSerialize all errors as JSON in ASP.NET Corehttps://caffeinate.blog/post/serialize-errors-as-json-in-aspnetcore/https://caffeinate.blog/post/serialize-errors-as-json-in-aspnetcore/Automatically return pretty error responses in an ASP.NET Core APITue, 01 Aug 2017 19:55:32 GMTModeling beautiful JSON APIs with Ionhttps://caffeinate.blog/post/modeling-json-api-with-ion/https://caffeinate.blog/post/modeling-json-api-with-ion/A short introduction to the Ion hypermedia typeThu, 27 Jul 2017 14:03:16 GMTWhat is HATEOAS?https://caffeinate.blog/post/what-is-hateoas/https://caffeinate.blog/post/what-is-hateoas/Understanding Hypermedia as the Engine of Application StateTue, 25 Jul 2017 16:52:10 GMTClose Notepad with Control-Whttps://caffeinate.blog/post/close-notepad-ctrl-w/https://caffeinate.blog/post/close-notepad-ctrl-w/How to add a missing keyboard shortcut to WindowsSun, 22 May 2016 23:03:11 GMTAsynchronous uppercase at scalehttps://caffeinate.blog/post/async-uppercase-at-scale/https://caffeinate.blog/post/async-uppercase-at-scale/HELLO, WORLD?Sun, 10 Apr 2016 23:30:57 GMT