10 Cities. 4 Countries. One Unexpected MCP Lesson.
From Agentic Conversations (formally mlops.community) by Demetrios
July 6, 2026 · 22 min
About this episode
Ben Morss discusses his experiences teaching developers about MCP across multiple cities and countries, addressing misconceptions and exploring various aspects of MCP technology.
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
People in this episode
Host: Demetrios
Guest: Ben Morss
Topics covered
- MCP
- AI agents
- developer education
- server design
- language translation
- security concerns
Keywords
- MCP
- AI
- DeepL
- language translation
- developer education
- security
- server design
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: DeepL
Places: North America, Europe
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