What does it take to keep an agent working after its process dies? Pi creator Mario Zechner and Earendil co-founder Armin Ronacher join KG to explain Pi Durable: explicit tasks, crash recovery, and the primitives for multiplayer agents. We also dig into why Pi added MCP and codemode, and why a harness that can rewrite itself still needs a clear goal.
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MCPs are everywhere, but are they worth the token cost? We break down what Model Context Protocol actually is, how it differs from just using CLIs, the tradeoffs you should know about, and when MCPs actually make sense for your workflow.
