You gotta build a "digital twin" of the mess you're actually going to deploy into, especially with stuff like mcp (model context protocol) where ai agents are talking to data sources in real-time.

A production-ready Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables Claude Code and other MCP clients to interact with Boomi Platform APIs using OAuth 2.0 authentication and secure credential storage.

The creator advises setting up a personal server for better control and troubleshooting, focusing on backing up old videos and active projects using six to seven terabytes of data to create a network ...