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AI news for builders. Every weekday.
What we do
Every weekday, we publish a debrief covering the AI stories that matter for people who build. Each edition includes news, technical deep dives, analysis, tools, and quick hits.
We focus on what actually helps you build. New models, product launches, tools worth trying, and industry moves worth knowing about.
Who it is for
Anyone who builds with AI and wants to stay sharp without spending hours scrolling feeds and aggregators.
Who makes this
CtrlAltDebrief is made by Traction, an AI product studio co-founded by Tania Clarke, Elizabeth Griffiths and Kailash Chandrasekaran.
More about the studio at gettraction.studio.
Who edits it
I've spent 16 years building products across SaaS, data platforms, and AI, in roles spanning engineering, engineering management, and product. I'm co-founder and CTO of Traction. Before that: product at Blinq, developer experience at Immutable, the API platform at Nearmap, engineering and product at hipages, a dev agency I co-founded that grew to 80 people, and a founding-engineer stint at Exotel.
I build with AI every day and test new tools and workflows as they land. That hands-on work is what shapes what I pick for each edition. I'm selecting stories I'd actually want to read myself.
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