> Maybe it was because OpenAI announced they would start to support MCP in their tools ? [0]

Author here, I assumed this would be the reason too, but the timelines don't really match up. Momentum was already strong by the time that OpenAI adopted it. And it's an educated guess on my part, but that's also probably why they adopted it in the first place.

Some sources point to the MCP talk at AI Engineer being the turning point (and the timelines match up), but like with all viral studies the answer is pretty complicated and multi-faceted, rather than having a single cause.

> Perhaps I'm being too harsh with the author, but this article definitely gives me vibes of "AI slop".

I think it's fine to be harsh! I don't like AI slop either but unfortunately this article was mostly handwritten, so it's just a skill-issue on my part. I'll try to do better next time