April 14, 2026 Reading time: 4 minutes
We’ve all been told: “There are no shortcuts.”
The only real rule of the cheatloop is this: cheatloop
Most people write emails from scratch. That’s a slow loop. The cheatloop: build a library of 10 email templates. Use them for everything. Each time you customize one, improve the template. Now each email takes 30 seconds instead of 5 minutes. Over a year, that’s 40+ hours saved. Then use those hours to automate more.
But what if you could cheat repeatedly ? What if you could build a —a virtuous cycle of clever, ethical shortcuts that compound over time? April 14, 2026 Reading time: 4 minutes We’ve
(self-improving system) Templates + version control + AI autofill + monthly review to remove steps. Now the system evolves while you sleep.
The rule:
That’s a cheatloop. Layer 1: The One-Time Cheat (works once, then fades) Using ChatGPT to write a single email. Good. But not a loop.