10 Cities. 4 Countries. One Unexpected MCP Lesson.

In this episode, we're joined by Ben Morss, Developer Advocate at DeepL, who spent months traveling across North America and Europe teaching developers about MCP, building MCP servers, and helping teams understand how AI agents actually use tools.

We dive into the biggest misconceptions around MCP, why so many developers still misunderstand how it works, and what Ben learned after giving talks and workshops in 10 cities across four countries. Along the way, we explore MCP server design, tool calling, security concerns, translation workflows, developer education, and how DeepL is using MCP to bring high-quality language translation into AI-powered applications.

DeepL: https://www.deepl.com

Ben Morss: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-morss-ph-d-15bab15/

Alex Salkever: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexsalkever

Timestamps:

[00:00] AI and API Integration

[00:41] DeepL at DevSummit

[01:19] MCP Roadshow Origins

[03:47] MCP Hackathon Insights

[07:52] Security in Model Protocols

[10:25] AI Expert vs Noob Queries

[16:08] DeepL vs Frontier LLMs

[18:16] MCP vs REST API

[21:39] MCP Servers and DeepL