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# Dev Digest 210: AI Agents Are Go! Is MCP Dead? LLMs Crack Anonymity

**By:** [Daniel Cranney](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@daniel-cranney)

**Published:** March 9, 2026

## Inside last week’s [Dev Digest 210](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/210).

https://www.youtube.com/embed/WLyaWK1FiHQ

🪦 Is MCP already dead?  
🐍 Secure snake on the CLI  
🏗️ The architecture behind open source LLMs  
⚖️ AI companies and governments at odds  
🦫 Is Go the best language for AI agents?  
🕵️ “Security research” bot hacks Microsoft, Datadog and other high-profile repos  
🔑 A stolen Gemini API key caused a $180 bill to turn into $82k  
🧠 Cutting Node.js memory in half  
🙈 Hide .env files from AI bots  
🎨 The rise of the design engineer

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