Blog
Building ScopeScrape in public. Design decisions, technical deep-dives, and lessons learned.
GummySearch Lost Its Reddit License. Here's What Happened Next.
GummySearch shut down after Reddit revoked API access. The alternatives are expensive and closed. So I started building an open-source replacement.
Reddit API Reference for Developers: Fields, Limits, and Gotchas (2026)
Every field the Reddit API returns, the rate limits that apply, PRAW vs async PRAW vs raw HTTP, and the errors that cost me hours.
Designing a Pain Point Scoring Framework from Scratch
How I weight frequency, intensity, specificity, and recency into a single actionable score.
Why ScopeScrape Scrapes Reddit Without the API
Reddit's pre-approval process takes weeks. The public JSON endpoints return the same data for read-only use. Here is the tradeoff analysis.
How to Write Problem Statements That Actually Work With ScopeScrape
The quality of what you get out depends on how well you define what you are looking for. Good vs bad inputs, blindspots to watch, and how to iterate.
I Ran ScopeScrape for the First Time. Here Is What 119 Scored Posts From r/saas Told Me.
160 posts fetched, 119 scored. The frequency scorer broke, the entity extractor was noisy, and the top results were genuinely useful. Full data breakdown.