Who's Alex?
I'm Alexandr Sorokoletov, a Principal Frontend Engineer at Zillow focused on AI productivity, the SDLC, web performance and SEO/GEO, and a Microsoft MVP from 2013 to 2016. On TurboAI I publish release-by-release analysis of six AI coding agents and guides for configuring the environment they run in.
I like stable code, pragmatic teams, and side quests on snow or under a kite.
Now I document tiny AI wins so others ship sooner.
Quick facts
- • Polyglot engineer – TS, .NET, Python, Java, Kotlin, Ruby, Swift, AWS
- • Microsoft MVP, 2013–2016
- • Day to day: React, TypeScript, Node.js, .NET, Ruby on Rails, Core Web Vitals, SEO
- • OpenAI API adopter since Jan 2021
What I do
- • Deconstruct slow dev loops and fix bottlenecks to turn them into fast loops
- • Prototype 80/20 AI helpers and share repeatable playbooks
What I publish here
- 99 release analyses across six agents, listing the environment variables, model IDs and features each version changed: version trackers.
- 10 guides on CLAUDE.md files, permissions, context-window limits and compaction: AI coding harness guide.
- A reference of 500+ Claude Code environment variables: complete list.
- An improved settings.json schema that autocompletes Claude Code environment variables in the editor.
- Latest post: Amp 2026-10-11: run Amp on your Claude Pro/Max plan, published .
Speaking
- .NET talks at the NoVA / DMV .NET user group.
- A conference session in Boston.
- A session at the Northern Virginia coding conference.
Independence
TurboAI is a personal project. Zillow is not involved in it, and no AI vendor sponsors, pays for or reviews anything published here.
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