The MCP Megalith: Surviving the 1,000-Tool Explosion and Auth Fragmentation
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This InfoQ talk addresses the operational challenges enterprises face when scaling MCP from hundreds to tens of thousands of servers, covering tool sprawl impacting context windows, OAuth fragmentation across vendors, and quarterly spec reversals breaking pipelines. It targets enterprise architects, DevOps engineers, and platform teams implementing MCP at scale who need practical strategies for authentication, tool governance, and resilience.