The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is emerging as the standard for exposing SaaS functionality to AI agents. This guide explains how SaaS providers can transform their APIs into MCP‑compatible servers, unlocking instant AI integration and future‑proofing their products.
Product leaders must show AI features earn more than they cost. This guide walks through establishing baseline task times, measuring post‑AI efficiencies, converting saved hours into dollar value, and presenting a transparent ROI case to protect tooling budgets.
As data and AI dominate product decisions, emotional intelligence (EI) remains the decisive human skill for product managers. The article explains how EI complements analytics, improves stakeholder relationships, and drives better product outcomes, and offers actionable steps to boost self‑awareness, empathy, and conflict‑resolution.
First Batch offers a pay‑per‑campaign sandbox where indie developers and small teams can get professional human testers to run realistic user flows on their staging apps. Testers deliver structured bug reports with steps, severity and screenshots within 48 hours, letting teams catch UX and functional issues before launch.
OfferUnlock is a browser‑based tool that instantly estimates market salary for a given tech job offer and provides a script for negotiation. All calculations run locally, so your data never leaves your computer. It helps candidates avoid signing underpaid contracts.
Standing Questions provides a memory pattern where AI coding agents store only key questions about a repository, re‑deriving answers each session to avoid stale facts. The approach includes docs, JSON schemas, a Claude skill and Python metrics, and runs cross‑platform with no dependencies.
Serverpod 4 introduces the first agentic coding engine that hot‑reloads the entire stack, backend, database, web and Flutter frontend, in sub‑second time, all locally on your machine. Integrated with AI agents via an MCP server, it can apply migrations, read logs and drive the app, streamlining end‑to‑end development.
Standing Questions provides a memory pattern where AI coding agents store only key questions about a repository, re‑deriving answers each session to avoid stale facts. The approach includes docs, JSON schemas, a Claude skill and Python metrics, and runs cross‑platform with no dependencies.
Squish is a free web app that compresses MP4, MOV, WebM and other videos directly in the browser using FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly, so files never leave the device. It offers platform presets, adjustable quality, and supports modern browsers for files up to 2 GB.
You’re caught up.
That was all 9 stories in the 9 June issue.