Samuel Tauil
Senior Solution Engineer at Microsoft focused on Developer Experience — GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Codespaces, and cloud-native technologies.
--- 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 --- # 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 <!-- Always learning, always building, always shooting -->