Extracting structured data from unstructured documents (like PDFs and images) can get tricky fast. With the rise of foundation models and purpose-built APIs, it’s now possible to turn even a messy invoice into clean JSON with just a few lines of code. So I will compare three different ways to parse documents: using OpenAI’s GPT‑4o,…

MCP adoption is picking up quickly, so I have been digging into the implementations, especially around security and noticed some serious risks that could become disasters if not handled properly. The new MCP 2025-06-18 spec attempts to address some issues but the reality of most servers with boring security debt will bite you when you…