Taylor Talkington
13F at 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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RockstarTaylor Talkington is an Integrity, Risk, and Compliance manager by profession with eight years of technical and operational experience and a background as a 13F in the 82nd Airborne Division. Based in Atlanta, he pairs day-job rigor in compliance with hands-on embedded systems and IoT development—contributing UI and configuration improvements to the widely used Marlin 3D printer firmware. Known among peers as a coder, homebrewer, and tinkerer, he focuses on pragmatic firmware fixes such as print job timers, filament-change flows, and enhanced display support for Ender-3 V2 builds. That blend of disciplined operational experience and firmware-level problem solving gives him a rare ability to translate compliance requirements into reliable, auditable technical solutions. He brings curiosity-driven craftsmanship to both documentation and low-level feature work, and often surfaces subtle UX improvements that make devices more resilient in the field.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (10)
firmware10
3d-printing10
embedded10
sys10
arduino10
ui-design9
cprogramming-language9
c-language9
avr8
esp327
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
MarlinFirmware/Marlin
Jun 2021 - Dec 2022
Marlin is an optimized firmware for RepRap 3D printers based on the Arduino platform. Many commercial 3D printers come with Marlin installed. Check with your vendor if you need source code for your specific machine.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 15 commits, 12 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Taylor primarily contributed to the Marlin firmware, focusing on user interface and configuration improvements. Their work included fixing issues related to the print job timer and filament change menu. Furthermore, the user added bitmaps for the leveled bed status to the MarlinUI and made enhancements to the Ender-3 V2 DWIN MarlinUI, including support for the BTT Octopus V1.1 board. The user also implemented optional host status notifications and made other changes to improve the Ender 3v2 DWIN MarlinUI.
vendorreprapmarlinesp32commercial
The-EG/plugins-dashboard
May 2021 - Apr 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 1375 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 11 months
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