Dedicated Yocto Livecoding Sessions

July 27, 2025

Building on my public livecoding sessions, here’s something new: 3-hour dedicated Yocto Project livecoding sessions for your organization, sponsored by Mender.io.

What you get

Same livecoding approach, but focused on your team. We dive deep into Yocto, debug real issues, build actual things - except this time it’s tailored to your specific needs.

Perfect for engineering societies, educational organizations, universities, and technical communities. Also available for commercial companies who want their teams to get hands-on with Yocto.

• 3 hours of hands-on, interactive Yocto introduction
• Complete scripts and recordings to replicate everything afterwards
• Live coding driven by YOUR questions and challenges
• No death by PowerPoint - just real work in real-time

What can we cover?

These sessions are the “Yocto Tour de Force” - a comprehensive hands-on journey through:

• Setting up Yocto from scratch for your target hardware
• Creating custom recipes and layers
• Building your own distribution
• Kernel configuration and patching
• Hardware integration (I2C, SPI, you name it)
• Integrating Mender for OTA updates
• Using kas for reproducible builds
• Debugging that weird build error that’s been haunting you

Or honestly? Whatever Yocto challenge is keeping you up at night.

While I have a preferred flow of topics that builds understanding progressively, the real magic happens when you interrupt with questions. That’s when we dive into what actually matters to you and your project.

Why am I doing this?

Simple: The public sessions have shown me how much faster people learn by watching real work happen in real-time. No slides, no rehearsed demos - just real development with real problems and real solutions.

And thanks to Mender.io’s sponsorship, we can make this accessible to teams who need a hands-on introduction without the overhead of traditional multi-day courses.

Let’s be clear

• This IS: A hands-on introduction with complete materials to replicate
• This IS NOT: A replacement for comprehensive multi-day training courses
• This IS: Interactive learning driven by your questions
• This IS NOT: Me doing your development work for you

How does it work?

1. We schedule a 3-hour block that works for your team
2. You tell me what you want to focus on (or trust my flow)
3. I show up and we dive in together
4. Your team interrupts with questions - that’s where the real learning happens
5. You get all scripts and recordings to replicate everything later

Virtual or On-Site?

Default is virtual, but hey - I’m based in Bavaria. If you’re in southern Germany or adjacent regions, we can coordinate an on-site session. Sometimes nothing beats being in the same room.

The deal

Free of charge if Mender.io/Northern.tech and I can mention that we’re doing a session at your organization. Great PR for everyone.

Want it completely private? Fine - let’s talk compensation.

Interested?

Reach out to me directly or through Mender.io to discuss scheduling and topics. Let’s get your team unstuck and moving forward with Yocto!

Remember: The best way to learn Yocto is by doing Yocto. Let’s do it together.

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This blog post was drafted with assistance from Claude.