The Yocto Project offers flexibility and control — but in real-world products, that flexibility can quickly become complexity. In this session, Witekio shares practical lessons learned from dozens of commercial Yocto implementations across industries such as industrial control, home appliances, medical devices, and off-highway vehicles. We’ll discuss how product requirements shape Yocto choices, where common pitfalls arise, and how to structure Yocto projects for maintainability, security, and product longevity. Whether you’re starting your first Yocto-based product or scaling across multiple platforms, this session offers pragmatic guidance from real deployments.