A research company

We read Reddit so you don't have to.

Millions of threads. Decades of hard-won lived experience. Scattered, contradictory, buried 40 comments deep. We read it all, find the patterns that actually work, and ship the distilled findings as step-by-step playbooks you can use today.

17,000+ threads synthesized
12 subreddits covered
30 min to implement
14 days full refund
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How we turn Reddit chaos into clean, usable playbooks

Most online advice is one person's opinion, or AI-generated filler, or scraped from the same three self-help blogs. Our method is different — and slower on purpose.

Step 1

Read

We pick a topic people struggle with — job searching, first-time homebuying, AI productivity — and read every meaningful thread in the relevant subreddits going back 3–5 years. Top-ranked posts, comments people upvoted into visibility, contrarian takes that held up.

r/jobs r/resumes r/recruiting +9 more
Step 2

Synthesize

Identify the patterns. Separate what works from what sounds good. Test claims against multiple independent reports. Keep the tactics that 100+ people have confirmed actually work — drop anything with a sample of one.

Pattern match Triangulate Cross-check
Step 3

Ship

Package the findings as playbooks you can actually use — with real templates, working spreadsheets, and AI prompts built from the synthesis. Not articles you read and forget. Plug-and-play tools ready to run today.

PDFs Templates Trackers Prompts
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Why Reddit — and not blogs, courses, or LinkedIn?

Because Reddit is the last place on the internet where people share what actually happened, under pseudonyms, without needing to sell you anything afterward.

  • The incentives are clean. Reddit commenters don't have a course to sell you. They share their experience for internet points and because they remember being where you are.
  • The sample size is massive. Millions of professionals in specific sub-communities, posting what worked and what didn't. It's lived experience at scale.
  • The failure modes are visible. Every thread has a "tried this, didn't work" comment. You see both sides, which you rarely do from a paid expert.
  • The signal compounds over time. Five years of a subreddit voting on what's true is a better filter than one blogger's hot take.
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What we've shipped

Each playbook is months of research, distilled into a plug-and-play stack you can use today. Lifetime updates. 14-day full refund.

Available as upsell
Never Lose Your Job
4,200 threads read · 5 subreddits
The four systems that separate people who sail through layoffs from people who get caught.
  • 19-page PDF playbook
  • Weekly AI Wins Journal template (12 weeks pre-formatted)
  • 90-day plan tracker spreadsheet
  • 10 layoff signals scan
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What we're researching right now

A look at the ShortcutPlan workshop. Each topic below is actively being read, synthesized, or drafted. We publish when the research is ready — not on a marketing schedule.

Want us to research something specific?
We pick topics based on what our audience is struggling with. Tell us what you're stuck on.
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How we think about your time and trust

Every claim has a source

We don't make up statistics. If we say "most r/jobs posters report…" we mean we actually counted, and we'll tell you the methodology if you ask.

We'd rather under-promise

A playbook that gets you to the average outcome faster is a win. We're not selling "land a FAANG job in 30 days." We're selling "skip 3 months of trial-and-error."

14-day refund, no friction

Email us the word "refund." That's it. No survey, no justification, no "are you sure?" We won't hold your money hostage.

Lifetime updates, always

The internet changes. ATS software updates. AI tools evolve. When our research updates, your playbook updates — at no additional cost.

No fake urgency

No countdown timers. No "only 3 seats left." No "price goes up Friday." If you want it, buy it. If you don't, don't. We'll be here.

Human-written

Our playbooks are written by people who read the source threads, not generated by an LLM off a topic prompt. You can tell the difference within two pages.

Tuesday newsletter

One Reddit-sourced insight, every Tuesday.

A short, useful pattern from whatever we're researching that week. Three minutes to read. Unsubscribe in one click. No promotions, no affiliate junk.

We'll email you once a week. No spam.