Samuel Tauil

Senior Solution Engineer at Microsoft focused on Developer Experience — GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Codespaces, and cloud-native technologies.

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name: Samuel Tauil
description: Developer advocate, cloud native enthusiast, analog photographer
role: Senior Solution Engineer - Developer Experience
company: Microsoft
location: Greater Boston Area
version: 2026.1
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# Instructions

> What I do and how I can help

I help organizations adopt modern developer tools and AI-powered workflows.
Passionate about making developers more productive and happy.

# Tools

> Technologies I work with daily

- GitHub Copilot AI pair programming, chat, and code review
- VS Code Extensions, customization, and productivity hacks
- Codespaces Cloud development environments
- Kubernetes Container orchestration and operators
- OpenShift Enterprise container platform
- ArgoCD GitOps continuous delivery
- GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines and automation

# Context

> Background and community involvement

- GitOpsCon Program Committee Member
- ArgoCon Program Committee Member
- Open source contributor and advocate

# Hobbies

> When I'm not coding

- Film Photography Shooting expired film on vintage cameras
- Lomography Experimental analog photography
- Vintage Cameras Collecting and shooting with classic gear
- Music Always coding with a good playlist

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