# Nick Taylor (@nickytonline) - Developer advocate at the intersection of AI, security, and software.

>Developer advocate at the intersection of AI, security, and software, building and teaching practical approaches to MCP, AI agents, Zero Trust, and developer infrastructure. Not the Canadian professional golfer.

## About
- Profile: https://www.nickyt.co/about
- GitHub: https://github.com/nickytonline
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nickytonline
- DEV Community: https://dev.to/nickytonline
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/nickyt.online
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/nickytonline
- Newsletter: https://onetipaweek.com

## Expertise
- Zero Trust Security
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Agentic AI
- TypeScript
- Developer Advocacy
- Open Source
- OpenClaw

## Key Facts
- Developer Advocate at Pomerium, helping developers understand identity-aware access for AI agents
- GitHub Star
- Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) Ambassador
- AWS Community Builder
- Microsoft MVP
- Built the TypeScript MCP template (widely forked)
- Created the Pomerium MCP client
- Creator of ClawSpace, an open-source project for viewing OpenClaw workspace files
- Speaker at BlackHat USA, MCP Dev Summit EU, AI Engineer Europe, GitHub Universe, All Things Open, ConFoo, and SREday
- 20+ years in tech, 10+ years of open source contributions

## Featured Content
- Blog: https://www.nickyt.co/blog
- Conference Talks: https://www.nickyt.co/talks
- Open Source Projects: https://www.nickyt.co/projects
- MCP Hub: https://www.nickyt.co/mcp
- Live Streams: https://www.nickyt.co/watch

## License
All blog posts, articles, and written content are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

You are free to share and adapt this content for any purpose, even commercially, with attribution:
- Credit: Nick Taylor (@nickytonline)
- Link to original content
- License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

## Contact
- Email: nick@nickyt.co
- Socials: https://www.nickyt.co/socials

## Recent Blog Posts
- [How I Travel for Work](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/how-i-travel-for-work/)
- [Introducing Excaliclaw: A Skill for OpenClaw to Generate Excalidraw Diagrams](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/introducing-excaliclaw-a-skill-for-openclaw-to-generate-excalidraw-diagrams/)
- [Stop Shipping Broken Env Config](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/stop-shipping-broken-env-config/)
- [Clawspace: A Browser-Based File Explorer for OpenClaw](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/clawspace-a-browser-based-file-explorer-for-openclaw/)
- [Let Dependabot Merge Its Own PRs](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/let-dependabot-merge-its-own-prs/)
- [Stop using cat](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/stop-using-cat/)
- [Five Git Config Settings Every Dev Needs](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/five-git-config-settings-every-dev-needs/)
- [BenQ RD280UG Review: 28-Inch 4K Programming Monitor for Developers](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/benq-rd280ug-review-28-inch-4k-programming-monitor-for-developers/)
- [From Fresh Mac to Productive in 30 Minutes](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/from-fresh-mac-to-productive-in-30-minutes/)
- [My 2025 Year in Review](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/my-2025-year-in-review/)
- [What Makes Goose Different From Other AI Coding Agents](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/what-makes-goose-different-from-other-ai-coding-agents/)
- [Advent of AI 2025 - Day 17: Building a Wishlist App with Goose and MCP-UI](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/advent-of-ai-2025-day-17-building-a-wishlist-app-with-goose-and-mcp-ui/)
- [Advent of AI 2025 - Day 16: Planning With .goosehints](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/advent-of-ai-2025-day-16-planning-with-goosehints/)
- [Advent of AI 2025 - Day 15: Goose Sub-Recipes](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/advent-of-ai-2025-day-15-goose-sub-recipes/)
- [Advent of AI 2025 - Day 14: Agent Skills](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/advent-of-ai-2025-day-14-agent-skills/)
- [Advent of AI - Day 13: Goose Terminal Integration](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/advent-of-ai-day-13-goose-terminal-integration/)
- [Advent of AI - Day 12: MCP Sampling](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/advent-of-ai-day-12-mcp-sampling/)
- [Advent of AI - Day 11: Goose Subagents](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/advent-of-ai-day-11-goose-subagents/)
- [My Newsletter: Growth, Fun, Slow & Steady](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/my-newsletter-growth-fun-slow-and-steady/)
- [Advent of AI - Day 10: Understanding Arguments in Goose Recipes](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/advent-of-ai-day-10-understanding-arguments-in-goose-recipes/)

## Recent Talks
- [Open PRs, don't merge them: Fine-grained authorization for hosted MCP servers](https://www.nickyt.co/talks/open-prs-dont-merge-them-fine-grained-authorization-for-hosted-mcp-servers-github-universe-2026/)
- [Fine-Grained Access Control for Hosted MCP Servers You Don't Own](https://www.nickyt.co/talks/fine-grained-access-control-for-hosted-mcp-servers-you-dont-own-all-things-open-2026/)
- [From stdio to Anywhere: Securely Exposing OpenClaw as a Remote MCP Server](https://www.nickyt.co/talks/from-stdio-to-anywhere-securely-exposing-openclaw-as-a-remote-mcp-server-mcp-dev-summit-toronto-2026/)
- [Your SSH Keys Are Already Stale](https://www.nickyt.co/talks/your-ssh-keys-are-already-stale-nerdearla-2026/)
- [Share Work, Not Access: Control & Identity for Multiplayer Agents](https://www.nickyt.co/talks/share-work-not-access-control-identity-for-multiplayer-agents-ai-context-san-jose-2026/)
- [Build your First MCP App](https://www.nickyt.co/talks/build-your-first-mcp-app-commit-your-code-2026/)
- [Zero Trust Infrastructure for AI Agents: Securing Your Development Workflow](https://www.nickyt.co/talks/zero-trust-infrastructure-for-ai-agents-securing-your-development-workflow-devopsdays-sibiu-2026/)
- [AI Without Losing the Fundamentals](https://www.nickyt.co/talks/ai-without-losing-the-fundamentals-the-tech-academy-2026/)
- [Claws Out: Securing and Building with OpenClaw](https://www.nickyt.co/talks/claws-out-securing-and-building-with-openclaw-ai-engineer-europe-2026/)
- [Bring Your Stream Overlays to Life with Web Tech](https://www.nickyt.co/talks/bring-your-stream-overlays-to-life-with-web-tech-pixelpalooza-2025/)

## Recent Streams
- [Voice driven development?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg1b1NbOicI)
- [OSS & AI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHETwdGN-aU)
- [Commit Your Code (CYC) Recap and Communities](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8fBrjisY4)
- [How People AI Vol. 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVtJoEXA2p0)
- [How People AI Vol. 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur_2ZZyBuac)
- [Turso](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IflXqYrEuTw)
- [Community, Code Review & AI Changing Tech](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uf4MTlZGUE)
- [AI Agents for Devs Who Ship](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZD80oad7JU)
- [Diving into Canada, Community, and Networking for AI and K8s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXfBJyJ1e3s)
- [Is AI Killing Open Source?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zEWiJNNzDI)