Sterling Chin

I've always wanted to be an action figure!

I love this prompt from Gemini that took a photo of me and turned me into an action figure.

Sterling Chin Engineering Leader and Speaker

Thank you to everyone who attended my session at API World last week on Building Agenting Workflows with MCP. After my session, I had quite a few attendees ask me for the slides.

Over the weekend I updated my website (www.sterlingchin.com#talks) with many of my recent talks!

AI Passes the Turing Test, But It's Not Conscious The Attachment Problem

AI passes the Turing test, but it's not conscious.

I've been mulling this over for a few months, but then
@mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social's essay where he coined the phrase "Seemingly Conscious AI" took it over the top

The reality is that we're not ready for SCAI
open.substack.com/pub/sterling...

Hey, that's me! Thanks for coming up and chatting!

What are the odds, just enjoying a glass of wine and some apps at the Boroughs Market in London, and someone walks up and asks about my shirt.

Yes, MCP is everywhere now!

By the way, you can find the shirt here: www.etsy.com/listing/4313...

I have watched this clip a hundred times and I still giggle EVERY. SINGLE. TIME

@willjohnson.bsky.social and @focusotter.bsky.social brought a special kind of energy to Web Dev Challenge I don't think we will (should?) see on the show again 😆

full episode: codetv.link/wdc/s2e1

This gives credence to a Silicon Valley OG who said that AI is in same era as the internet was in 96'/97'. We are only at the beginning.

What I'm saying is that, while there is a lot of FOMO going around certain tech circles, the rest of the tech industry is yet to catch up. Once the tech industry catches up, the rest of the world will follow.

This is when I started to realize that even in the small tech bubble we live in, being at the forefront of MCP and AI puts me in an even smaller bubble inside the bubble.

All of my friends, and I mean ALL of them looked at me blankly. None of them were using AI at all. Some had tried to use it at work, but didn't see the benefit, so they dropped it. Others were told by their companies that they were not allowed to use AI at all, so everything was blocked.

For context, these developers all have over 20+ years of experience in various industries and tech stacks.

I excitedly started talking about MCP servers and how it was going to revolutionize AI, kill UI (in a good way), and make agents accessible to everyone.

I feel like I live in a bubble in a bubble.

I spent some time over the weekend with some long time friends who are also developers. We started talking shop, as one does when you're in a group of developers.

WEB DEV CHALLENGE IS BACK 🔥 this was a HUGE effort by so many people and I can’t wait for y’all to see what we have in store this season

- team challenges
- upgraded studio
- bigger builds
- even more web dev fun

watch the full first episode now: codetv.link/wdc/s2e1

Watching what each team built over the 4 hours was amazing. I love this new format and so thankful I was able to be a part of it. Can't wait for the rest of the season!

And you did an amazing job!

Top to bottom left to right, Sterling, Michael, Dave, Alex, Will, Me, Abbey Photo by Jason Hill!

Had a blast this week on the Web Dev Challenge with partner @dorkrawk.bsky.social !

Thanks @jason.energy @codetv.dev @getpostman.bsky.social for the experience and all my new friends @focusotter.bsky.social @willjohnson.bsky.social @sterlingchin.bsky.social @abbeyperini.dev @dangitalex.wtf

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It was so great to meet you! Your app was amazing. I couldn't believe what team FBC was able to do in 4 hours!

This week I'm heading to Berkeley to participate in a video shoot for @getpostman.bsky.social, and be on the Stack Overflow podcast.

There is so much to do, and so little time to do it all.

Tech leadership is about surrounding yourself with the right people. People who don't always agree with you. People who will challenge your assumptions. People who will provide feedback.

But it has to be built around trust. Trusting those around you.

Hello my friend!