Hi. I'm Andrey Tarantsov. I build tools for people who pursue their dreams. CTO of Bubblehouse, maker of LiveReload, and a tools junkie passionate about my craft. My blog Zoocoding covers adventures in AI coding and beyond — latest post: “My all-star zoo, or why I hired Linus Torvalds, Kent Beck and Rob Pike for my AI team”. (Also, Bubblehouse is hiring principal developers for a fully-remote job.) Get in touch.

Enjoy these articles while I'm figuring out how to structure this new blog of mine.

Sep 29 2025

My all-star zoo, or why I hired Linus Torvalds, Kent Beck and Rob Pike for my AI team

This summer, I transformed Claude Code from a junior intern into an okay engineering team. (4495 words)

Sep 22 2025

Senior devs too good for AI? Saving energy, not time

If you’re like me… the more experience you have, the harder it is for you to gain from coding with AI. And yet, I think I made it work. (963 words)

Feb 23 2012

Sublime Text Workflow That Beats Coda and Espresso

The only episode of my WorkflowThu series that was worth preserving for posterity. (1401 words)

Feb 9 2012

The third definition of open, or How I nearly picked GPL for my product, but ended up simply publishing the source with no license (for now)

Just a bit of historical rant from those days when I was younger and the battles were simpler. (2116 words)

Sep 11 2011

Papers Every Programmer Should Read

Read some beautiful source code instead. (60 words)

Aug 27 2011

Two Indispensable Email Add-ons (FollowUp.cc & OhLife)

Consider e-mail as the primary UI for your next little project. (301 words)

Jul 29 2011

The Story of LiveReload: The First Anniversary

How LiveReload 2 was born out of a failed startup and a brief moment in the spotlight. (738 words)

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