rest
2 stories filed under rest on Beyond Market Intelligence. The newest of them: “Opus 5.5 redefines what a spreadsheet benchmark should look like” and “MCP Drops the Handshake to Let Agents Route Without JSON Parsing”. Most spreadsheet benchmarks measure speed on predictable tasks. The MCP 2026-07-28 spec drops the initialize handshake and session header, adding required method and tool-name headers so gateways route traffic without parsing JSON. Acme AI is the next-generation, AI-powered spreadsheet platform built to replace Excel and redefine how analysts, data scientists, and enterprise teams work… The list below is every rest story on Beyond Market Intelligence, newest first.
Opus 5.5 redefines what a spreadsheet benchmark should look like
Most spreadsheet benchmarks measure speed on predictable tasks. Opus 5.5 challenges that assumption. It redefines what a benchmark should look like by prioritizing accuracy and real-world relevance over raw throughput. That shift matters for anyone who has watched automated tests pass while actual workflows stumble. For a deeper look at how practical reasoning changes outcomes, our piece on *Smarter reasoning with fewer tokens* explores a similar philosophy applied to model training.
MCP Drops the Handshake to Let Agents Route Without JSON Parsing
The MCP 2026-07-28 spec drops the initialize handshake and session header, adding required method and tool-name headers so gateways route traffic without parsing JSON. Some developers call it a rediscovery of REST, while others argue the standard was always the point. Both sides have merit, though the shift feels less like a regression and more like a practical concession. For a deeper look at how statelessness changes deployment, our piece on scaling AWS server deployments with stateless MCP is worth a read.