You’re not the user anymore | Layer’s Andrew Hamilton

Dev Interrupted

If you're still building products only for humans, you're already missing out on a massive new customer base: AI agents.

Joining Dev Interrupted is Andrew Hamilton, co-founder and CTO of Layer (a first-of-it’s kind MCP agency) to unravel this monumental shift in how products will be discovered and consumed. He dives into how AI agents are rapidly evolving from developer tools to direct consumers of APIs and products, with new standards like the MCP spearheading this transformation by effectively creating an "app store for LLMs." This evolution demands a complete rethink of product design, packaging, and user experience for an entirely new kind of user.

Andrew educates us about how successfully leveraging MCP isn't about a simple one-to-one API mapping, but about thoughtfully designing an "agent experience" based on key user workflows and providing pre-packaged capabilities. He shares insights on identifying good MCP candidates, the importance of experimentation in this fast-moving space, and how tools like Layer are defining the frontier of agent-accessible tooling.

Check out:

• The DevEx guide to AI-driven software development
• Download: The 6 trends shaping the future of AI-driven development

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Referenced in today's show:

• Google Cloud donates A2A to Linux Foundation
• Gemini CLI: your open-source AI agent
• Meta poaches OpenAI researchers
• Airtable as the AI-native app

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