Slow & Steady

Benedikt Deicke and Benedicte Raae
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We share what it's like to build and launch products as independent software engineers. Benedikt is working on Userlist, a marketing automation platform for SaaS applications. Benedicte is working as a fractional CTO at Whee!, a long term bike rental company in Oslo, Norway. Join us on our journey and let's see where the road leads!

  1. 5d ago

    The Vacation Episode

    Benedikt comes back from The Netherlands. Benedicte enjoys her summer at the cabin. Benedikt spent a week in The Netherlands with his family for his dad’s 70th birthday. On the work front, the team shipped new WYSIWYG features to a few customers and there have been no complaints so far. Benedicte is enjoying her summer at the cabin, filling her days with both fun and productive activities. She signed up for an adult summer camp where she learned basic plumbing. On the work front, Benedicte and Ola kickstarted some marketing initiatives for Whee!

    36 min

  2. Jun 4

    Just Used to Chaos

    Benedicte makes an investment. Benedikt and the Userlist team enforces password strength requirements. Benedicte is currently enjoying life at a chill pace, which is a nice change for her. On the work front, she managed to get the auth working across Whee!’s two sites. Benedicte also made an investment at her friend’s company, Alfred. After talking with a lead, Benedikt and the Userlist team enforced password strength requirements for their platform. They also implemented stripping URLs on certain fields during signup to take care of a challenging issue. Mentioned on the show: Alfred

    40 min

  3. May 21

    Her Favorite Day

    Benedicte talks about her recent bachelorette trip to New York City, a Celebration of Life, and 17th of May in Norway. Benedikt shares an almost week long debugging hunt with a happy ending. Mentioned on the show: Userlist Training VideosExhausterwhelmulatedThe Man Drawer

    40 min

  4. Apr 30

    The Strangler Fig Pattern

    Benedicte shares the plans for her trip to New York. Benedikt handles customer support this week. Benedicte hopes that her head cold goes away soon so she can have a fun weekend with her friends in New York. On the work front, she’s been doing janitorial work on the Whee! codebase and a strangler fig pattern roadmap for their public site. With Mia on vacation, Benedikt’s handling support this week. They’ve also shipped their webhook node and built guardrails for various aspects of their app. Mentioned on the show: Postpone

    52 min

  5. Apr 17

    I Almost Quit Userlist

    Benedicte is on vacation. Benedikt shares why he seriously considered taking a long break from Userlist last year.  Mentioned on the show: Benedikt’s LinkedIn post about almost quitting Userlist

    1 hr

  6. Apr 2

    Ending Chapters

    Benedicte ends two big chapters. Benedikt shares how they did in Q1. Benedicte’s mother passed away after a decade-long battle with early onset Alzheimer’s. She looked back at some of the fun memories they had and shared that she’s planning a celebration of life gathering at a bar where her mom used to frequent. Benedicte also marked her last day Outseta, realizing that she won’t have enough brain space for two roles when things start ramping up at Whee. She looks forward to giving herself a slow April. Benedikt and the Userlist team reviewed their Q1 and while they got a lot done, they got a bit derailed from their original plans. He also took a week off from work but a database issue made it challenging to settle into vacation mode.

    39 min

  7. Mar 19

    Your Bot Names Say A Lot About You

    Benedicte is happy despite everything. Benedikt tests their new serializer implementation. Even when life hasn’t been cooperating lately, Benedicte realized that she’s still grateful for a lot of things. At Whee, bike financing came through, they landed a 3-year grant for an IoT project, and AI will enable the team to tackle things they’ve been putting off. Benedikt spent a good chunk of the week deep in a new serializer implementation for Userlist. The full test suite was green for a while but it broke again in an effort to improve things overall. He also recorded two videos on array filtering and got more intentional with his social media posting. Mentioned on the show: Customer Bastien: your MCP server has a permission problemPostponeFrom Domain Authority to Entity Authority: 2026 Google Discover Update

    45 min

  8. Mar 5

    Let’s Check Back in 6 Months

    Benedicte gives an energizing talk at the Oslo Claude Code Meetup. Benedikt uses AI to optimize their website. Despite getting a bit chaotic, Benedicte gave an energizing talk about Jean-Claw at the recent Oslo Claude Code Meetup last week. At Outseta, the team decided to lean into enabling AI operations. Benedikt optimized their website with the help of AI: adding more structured data, creating dedicated author pages, adding an “updated” date field, and more. And while he’s certain that a perfect Ahrefs health score is just a vanity metric, he’s taking that small win. Benedicte and Benedikt also talk about how AI speeds up experimentation, why they think good taste and experience matters these days, and more. Mentioned on the show: Is it Queen or AI?More and more social posts are drafted while interacting with AI agents

    55 min
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About

We share what it's like to build and launch products as independent software engineers. Benedikt is working on Userlist, a marketing automation platform for SaaS applications. Benedicte is working as a fractional CTO at Whee!, a long term bike rental company in Oslo, Norway. Join us on our journey and let's see where the road leads!

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  • Creator
    Benedikt Deicke and Benedicte Raae
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    245
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Benedikt Deicke and Benedicte Raae
  • Show Website
    Slow & Steady

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