Solo Drifting | WebMCP is Out. Should I Panic?

The tech world’s been buzzing like crazy the last few days. Google and Microsoft teamed up to quietly sneak something called WebMCP into Chrome 146.

I’m staring at my screen, reading headlines like “Frontend’s Last Defense Crumbling,” “AI Doesn’t Need to Fake Being Human Anymore,” and “The Agentic Web Era is Here.” Honestly? My first gut reaction was pure panic.

My Mindgift project is on pause, Start Mind is still in the oven, and I just started taking this blog seriously again. Suddenly, here comes a new standard promising to “rewrite how the internet works.” Did I miss the beat again? Should I drop everything and figure this out?

I know this feeling. Two months ago, when I decided to go global with my projects, I spent every day doom-scrolling Twitter. Everyone was talking about some new tool or framework, and I felt like the world was sprinting past me while I was stuck doing cartwheels in the mud.

But this time, I didn’t rush to read the docs or flip Chrome flags. I’m still scared—shipping new stuff every other day is terrifying—but you can’t just follow the herd blindly. That’s how you waste time. I needed to think.

So I asked myself three things:

Who is this actually for? Do I need to do anything right now? Is this a lifeline for me, or just another distraction?

1. What the heck is WebMCP? (Explained simply)

If technical deep dives give you a headache, here’s the dumbed-down version.

Before, if an AI wanted to book a flight or buy something on your site, it had to pretend to be a person. It would open the page, screenshot it, find the buttons, click, fill forms, wait, and screenshot again. It was like a near-sighted intern with thick glasses trying to pick up sesame seeds with chopsticks.

WebMCP says: “Hey AI, stop struggling. Here’s the API.”

It’s basically taking the MCP pattern from coding tools and applying it to the web. “Use my resources, save your effort.”

You just tell the AI, “Here’s a book_flight tool. Give me origin, destination, and date.” The AI sends the data, your backend handles it, and boom—done. No screenshots, no guessing, no waiting. Saves tokens, time, and sanity.

And since Google and Microsoft are pushing it, it’s probably going to be a standard. It’s not a toy.

Sounds cool, right? People are already calling it the “second Schema.org” and predicting a new job title: “Technical SEO Engineer.”

But my question remains: What does this have to do with me?

2. Taking a step back: Where am I really?

I looked at my projects. None of my current problems need an “AI agent directly calling my kernel.”

• Mindgift: Users want a list of gift ideas. I gave them a tool. WebMCP could make that tool fancier for AI, but if users don’t want the tool in the first place? It’s just polishing a turd.
• Start Mind: I need to prove people will stick around for “what’s for dinner.” Researching how AI can order food for me before I’ve even validated the demand is like buying marathon shoes before learning to walk.
• This Blog: I need content and SEO. I need Google to know I exist. WebMCP won’t fix the fact that I only have 10 posts.

I don’t need better tech. I need clearer market signals.

3. Burden or Bonus?

If I had a product with hundreds of daily users, and some came from AI? WebMCP would be a massive bonus.

I’d jump on it. I’d wrap my core features as tools and make that “User -> AI -> My Site” loop seamless. It would be a new growth channel, just like structured data back in the day.

But I haven’t even hit 100 organic visitors yet.

So right now, WebMCP is a burden—but only because I’m letting it be one.

The tech itself isn’t the burden; my FOMO is. My time and energy are finite.

If I spend tonight messing with WebMCP demos, I’m not writing that post about “30-minute quick dinners.” And that is what I actually need to do.

4. My note to self (and you, if you’re freaking out)

I’m putting WebMCP on my “Watch List,” not my “Action List.”

Here’s the plan:

1. Set a trigger: When my blog gets 50 organic clicks a day, or Start Mind hits 20 DAU, I’ll come back to this. By then, it’ll be more stable and easier to learn.
2. Keep a lazy eye on it: I’ll scan the headlines every couple of weeks just to see where it’s going. Not because I’m scared of missing out, but so I know where to start when I’m ready.
3. Admit it’s not for me yet: It’s not quitting; it’s prioritizing.

Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I’ll regret this next week. But for now, I’m closing the Chrome flags tab and opening Google Search Console.

Three clicks yesterday. Let’s aim for four today.

If you’re stuck between “cool new tech” and “nobody knows I exist”—how do you choose?

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