MCP Dev Summit North America

MCP servers often begin as simple side projects. You build a quick integration, get a basic connection working, and show a demo. But as users begin to rely on your tool, the stakes change. In this talk, we share the lessons learned from taking multiple of MCP servers from initial Proofs of Concept to robust production standards, supporting tens of thousands of developers across open-source and enterprise environments. These are the real-world realities of treating your MCP server as a shipping product.