Software Engineering Daily Anthropic and the Model Context Protocol with David Soria Parra
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May 13, 2025 
David Soria Parra, a Member of the Technical Staff at Anthropic, discusses the innovative Model Context Protocol (MCP), designed to connect AI assistants with various data sources seamlessly. He highlights how MCP standardizes these connections for real-time, context-aware responses, enhancing AI capabilities. The conversation also pivots to the evolution of version control systems, the transformative nature of the Language Server Protocol, and the need for centralized tool discovery in complex environments. Soria's insights promise a future where AI is more integrated and accessible.
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Early Open Source Journey
- David Soria Parra started programming at age 14 from building simple websites with PHP and grew into contributing to PHP itself in C.
- He engaged deeply with open source communities like PHP and Mercurial early on, shaping his software engineering career.
Why Mercurial Over Git
- David preferred Mercurial over Git because it was mostly Python, easier to extend and contributed to a friendlier community.
- He viewed Mercurial as more accessible for contributions and extensions than Git's more closed core project.
Joining Facebook via Mercurial
- David joined Facebook after a Mercurial community event where Facebook showed interest in Mercurial for scaling their monorepo.
- Facebook optimized PHP and Mercurial teams internally instead of switching tools due to the scale and velocity of their growth.
