The Download: MCP funeral, Perplexity computer, and Doom on a badge

This week on The Download, GPS dives into the social media debate over whether MCP is dead and why FastMCP is hosting a funeral for it. We also look at Perplexity's new Personal Computer announcement for always-on AI agents. Plus, check out how one developer got Doom running on the GitHub Universe badge. Finally, say goodbye to label hacks because GitHub Issue Fields are officially in public preview. #DevNews #MCP #AI — CHAPTERS — 00:00 Welcome to The Download 00:43 Is MCP dead? 02:41 Perplexity announces personal computer 03:51 Running Doom on the GitHub Universe badge 05:12 GitHub Issue Fields in public preview 06:33 Outro — RESOURCES — - https://x.com/GergelyOrosz/status/2032194904957268267 - https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-uber-uses-ai-for-development - https://luma.com/htkxoidx Perplexity releases its own openClaw - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/perplexitys-personal-computer-brings-its-ai-agents-to-the-uh-personal-computer/ GitHub Badge runs doom! - https://github.com/badger/home/discussions/88 - https://x.com/github/status/2031796124953035075 GitHub Issue Fields in preview - https://x.com/matthewisabel/status/2032142724397162939 Stay up-to-date on all things GitHub by connecting with us: YouTube: https://gh.io/subgithub Blog: https://github.blog X: https://twitter.com/github LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/github Insider newsletter: https://resources.github.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/github TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@github About GitHub It’s where over 180 million developers create, share, and ship the best code possible. It’s a place for anyone, from anywhere, to build anything—it’s where the world builds software. https://github.com