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You are configuring version 4.0.0. This release deprecates the “Road Warrior” module. See the changelog for full career history.
1

Check prerequisites

Before configuring, confirm the following:
  • A product with an API or complex developer workflow
  • Remote-friendly environment
  • Belief that documentation is a part of the product
2

Configure

Create a taylor.config.js file in the root of your project:
taylor.config.js
import { Candidate } from '@taylor-mcneil/core';

export default new Candidate({
  role: 'Developer Experience Engineer',
  version: '4.0.0', // Deprecates "Road Warrior" module
  location: 'Atlanta, GA (Remote)',

  capabilities: {
    technical_writing: true,
    full_stack_development: true,
    api_design: true,
    strategy: 'systems-first'
  },

  stack: {
    languages: ['TypeScript', 'Python', 'Java', 'SQL'],
    frameworks: ['Next.js', 'FastAPI', 'React', 'Django'],
    tools: ['OpenAPI', 'GitHub Actions', 'MongoDB'],
    ai_workflow: ['Prompt Engineering', 'Multi-Model Evaluation']
  },

  preferences: {
    remote: true,
    async_communication: true,
  }
});
3

Run tests

Validate the integration:
Output
PASS  integration/taylor.test.js

      DevEx Integration
        ✓ reduces onboarding friction (40% improvement)
        ✓ decreases support ticket volume (40% reduction)
        ✓ scales developer reach (75k+ developers)
        ✓ eliminates documentation drift
        ✓ respects async-first communication
        ✓ blocks Friday deployments, mostly 😋

    Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
    Tests:       6 passed, 6 total
    Time:        3-6 months

​
FAQ

Response
{
  "status": 200,
  "faq": [
    { "q": "What have you been doing the past 18 months?", "a": "Building. Learning. Improving my skills." },
    { "q": "What are you working on right now?", "a": "aampersand, LLM Eval, this portfolio" },
    { "q": "Can you use AI? LLMs? CI/CD?", "a": "This website uses all three." },
    { "q": "Road warrior?", "a": "Deprecated in v4.0" },
    { "q": "What is this?", "a": "Docs-as-portfolio" },
    { "q": "Why hire you?", "a": "Acquired taste. Keep exploring the portfolio." },
    { "q": "Do you have a highlight reel?", "a": "6 continents, 11 hackathons, 75k+ devs. See /introduction" }
  ]
}
Building. Learning. Improving my skills.
aampersand, LLM Eval, this portfolio.
This website uses all three.
Deprecated in v4.0. See the changelog for details.
Docs-as-portfolio.
Acquired taste. Keep exploring the portfolio.
6 continents, 11 hackathons, 75k+ devs. See /introduction.

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