Building an MCP Server for Dokku with FastMCP

This post walks through dokku-mcp, a FastMCP server that talks to Dokku over SSH, returns structured results, and ships with guardrails so “convenient” does not become “unrestricted shell access.”

The Watchdog Pattern - From ESP32 to Python

Name the problem before reaching for the solution. The device did not crash. It entered a state where it could not make progress, and nothing outside the firmware had authority to change that. Silent failure. No recovery path.