Taylor Dolezal

@onlydole.dev

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Helping maintainers ship faster & reduce burnout. Head of OSS @dosu.dev Ex-CNCF Head of Ecosystem K8s 1.19 Release Lead Terraform Cookbook author onlydole.substack.com

Parody book cover titled “TOKENOMICS,” subtitled “A Rogue Agent Explores the Hidden Cost of Every Prompt.” A glossy green robot is sliced open to reveal orange token coins, an LM chip, gears, and compartments labeled Context Window, Tool Calls, and Memory. An orange badge reads “With new material, including MCP & tool calls.” The fictional authors are Steven D. Limit and Stephen J. Burner.
Monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis
Thousand Oaks trail in the sun
El Capitan mountain
A herd of Phippys
Rise Over Run Rooftop!
Formal definition of the word nuance
Fauxllenium Blanket
Don't punish people for admitting they were wrong, you make it harder for them to improve.
A photograph of the Los Angeles skyline
A photo of the Mac migration assistant showing the transfer speeds over Thunderbolt, ethernet, and Wi-Fi.
I started noticing small, wonderful things around me preemptively, without forcing myself to. My outlook on life and work improved. So did (as Jessi predicted) my resilience. Was I a better manager because of this practice? Of course I was.
A nature-filled trail in Idyllwild California with an image of a mountain and pine trees
Moo Deng Alien desktop background
A charcoal sidewalk etching of the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon logo
A picture of the skyline of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah
A jeep with a license plate that reads WHEW
Back patio with a sign that says live tingly
Cassidy being the coolest developer in the world
A prop skeleton in a car with a strobe light on as Halloween decoration
There are two Garys… Dark Gary and light Gary
A picture of the Stardew Valley guide
A picture of a plumbing van, where I make a pun about how draining that job must be
Solar eclipse in Los Angeles
I am Kenough tie dye hoodie from the Barbie movie
Autographed Oliver Tree’s “Alone In A Crowd” vinyl
A cozy home office adorned with autumn decorations.
Hot HOT summer weather in the Los Angeles mountains
My shelf of computer science books
Lack of trust is stifling. It's impossible to be innovative when you feel like every movement is judged. Trust and happiness actually support and develop creativity. It's good for business.
Golden Gate Park chalk drawing
Gracie the border collie on a neighborhood walk
Danny DeVito turning into a pug, Animorphs book cover
A photo of an open house sign that references Guy Miracle as the realtor
Kicking or screaming neon sign
A new Jeefy approaches!
Michael Scott screaming Noooooo
Paint on a sidewalk that reads, “dream until it’s your reality.”
A photo of a Stripe Sessions Panel
San Francisco International Airport
The More You Know Logo
Hey look! It’s me as a baby
JFK Airport