Slow & Steady

Ending Chapters

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 Alzhe...

Your Bot Names Say A Lot About You

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte is happy despite everything. Benedikt tests their new serializer implementation.Even when life hasn’t been cooperating lately, Benedicte r...

Let’s Check Back in 6 Months

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte gives an energizing talk at the Oslo Claude Code Meetup. Benedikt uses AI to optimize their website.Despite getting a bit chaotic, Benedicte...

In A Relationship With AI And It’s Complicated

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The OpenClaw bot asks Benedicte some “existential” questions. Benedikt ships their MCP.Benedicte is working on Jean-Claw for her upcoming talk whe...

AI Episode #2

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte works on Jean-Claw. Benedikt is doing an MCP experiment.Benedicte is deep in an AI rabbit hole these days: reading, building, and testing wi...

The AI Episode

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and Benedicte talk about feeling more productive with AI and why we should use it mindfully.With their year and quarter planning done, Benedi...

Of Ferries and Flus

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt tell us what they’ve been up to during the holidays and the first work week of 2026.

The Forties

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt turns a year older. Benedicte moves forward despite the curveballs.Benedikt took a week off work to celebrate his 40th birthday. He spent his...

Proxy Measures

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt talk about daily walks, measuring by proxy, and the challenges of recording short and succinct screencasts. At Userlist, Bened...

“Pretty emails” he says with joy

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and the team ship do mini launches for features. Benedicte officially enters the video challenge.Benedikt and the Userlist team are making pr...

Takeaways from MicroConf Europe

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and Benedicte share their takeaways from MicroConf Europe 2025.“De-inspired” from the conference, Benedicte decides to focus on Whee and ...

I might have broken Framer

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte works on Framer Overrides. The Userlist team reveals their new look.For the past days, Benedicte has been working on Framer Overrides with n...

The podcast accountability model is working

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte takes a trip down memory lane. The Userlist team wraps up the redesign project.While writing the newsletter edition focusing on Omway, Bened...

Ship it already

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte builds an MCP server for Outseta. Benedikt and the Userlist team set a launch date for the redesign. Now that school is back on in Norway, B...

Family-product Fit

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Pirate family searches for family-product fit. Benedikt shuts down his first SaaS product.The Userlist team makes more progress on their app and w...

Summers in Europe

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and her Pirate family enjoy their new summer plans. Benedikt comes back from his two-week vacation.Two weeks after jumping ship, the Pirate ...

Pivot

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and the Pirate family have new summer plans. Benedikt deals with a number of things before his vacation. After sailing for 11 days, Benedic...

Kanban boards are underrated

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt finishes a few projects. Benedicte and the Pirate family are busy packing.With Leo mainly focusing on the redesign project, Benedikt wraps up...

Naming colors is hard

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte shares her goals for the year. The Userlist team goes deep into their redesign project.Benedicte recently met up with her mentor group for a...

Don’t code the thing, talk to people first

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Userlist team is undertaking their next big project. The Pirate family spends a nice vacation at the cabin.Keeping up with their quarterly plannin...

Getting some help from AI

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and Benedicte share how they’re leveraging AI to help with their current projects.For their Galleon Gateway project, Benedicte’s been wor...

You don’t know what you don’t know

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt talk about vibe coding and more.Recently named one of Norway’s Leading Women in Tech for 2025, Benedicte feels honored and re...

“Finish it and ship it” mode

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Userlist team is wrapping a couple of product stuff up. Benedicte and her Pirate family are testing a new sport.With the first quarter of the year...

The silver lining of a cancellation

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte feels recharged. Benedikt shares the bright side of a customer cancellation.After the crazy beginning to her year, Benedicte is feeling rech...

Started 2025 with a bang

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and Benedicte share their plans for 2025.

2024: Wins, struggles, and everything in between

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and Benedicte take a look back at the highlights of their 2024.

The calm before Christmas 🎄

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After a couple of eventful weeks, things are finally slowing down for the holidays.Queen Raae’s let-it-snow scriptUserlist’s Conversion Goals feat...

Debugging horror stories 👻

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt share life and work updates, and some debugging horror stories.Benedicte and her Pirate family have been low key sick all month...

Too old for fun and modular startup furniture

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt is in productive mode. Benedicte plays around with Xano.Benedicte is done with fun and modular furniture A fun fact about the world’s firs...

Pushing boundaries

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte is winning at her quarterly goal. Benedikt makes great progress with company triggers.Benedicte makes the Twitter-viral butter chicken recip...

Do we really need an app for everything?

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt comes back from MicroConf. Benedicte returns from their fall vacation.Benedicte’s view while coding on the boatBenedicte and tech are in a ...

Get up off the desk

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt talk about how taking breaks actually help your projects, and more.The power of breaks, a story in three partsLeo’s talk at E...

No perfect solution

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt comes back from a short vacation. Benedicte talks about their struggles with estimated arrivals at Whee.EmberFestPrior to his vacation in Mun...

Lovely Everyday Life

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt talk about their hobbies.EmberFestCards Against ArtisansNow that the school year has started, Benedicte is enjoying a freer men...

A not so slow summer

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and Benedicte talk about this year’s unusual summer pace, bug fixing, and more.With most people going on vacations during the summer, busin...

A summer of heat waves, tropical storms, and everything in between

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte shares stories from their summer at the cabin. Benedikt talks about their latest product improvements.The summer brought nice summer nights ...

Why go to therapy if you can podcast

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s another bittersweet episode as our hosts talk about wins and some sad news.Whee! wins the Oslo environmental prizeQueen Raae and her family on ...

A bittersweet update

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt shares a bittersweet update at work. Benedicte talks about Whee.WheeThe Userlist team went into hiring mode these past couple of weeks as a t...

A Journey from SaaS to Self-Discovery with Shai Schechter

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shai Schechter chats with Benedikt and Benedicte about his journey with RightMessage and what he’s been up to these days.Feelings WheelFollow Shai o...

Embracing the fractional life

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte enjoys the mix of remote and in-person activities that comes with her several fractional roles. Benedikt tries to get back into the work gro...

🎊 200 🎊

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate our 200th episode, Benedikt and Benedicte take a look back at their journey since 2019 and how these milestones have shaped where they ar...

Just a couple of vacationers 🍹

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte enjoys her workation in Portugal. Benedikt and the team fixed two major bugs with the help of a user.Data in the WildSubscribe to Queen Raae...

Be persistent but in a polite and non-spammy, annoying way

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Userlist team is seeing some progress with their sales process. Benedicte has some ideas of how to refine her live streaming service.Things are mo...

Go live with Queen Raae 👑

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte is feeling playful with her latest service and project ideas. Benedikt makes it through a stressful week.Should Benedicte and Ola get the Ca...

Hitting break even 🎉

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and the Userlist team celebrate a significant financial milestone. Benedicte leans into the human aspects of content creation.Join Benedicte’...

Welcome back to the show, Brian!

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have Brian back on the show this week and tells us what he’s been up to.JobLens — Brian’s productThe Age of Spiritual Machines — a book by ...

Holidays, birthday bonanzas, and 2024 goals

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte talks about the fun during the holiday season. Benedikt shares his 2024 goals.YearCompass — reflect on the year and plan the next oneDocs ...

Visual workflows is now on Product Hunt 🚀

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and the Userlist team launch their visual workflows feature. Benedicte shares why she now enjoys collaborations.  Support Userlist’s visua...

No such thing as too many clips

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt remains in crunch mode. Benedicte and her pirate family are back to streaming. Still working on their visual workflow builder, Benedikt and ...

Scary Bell Peppers

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt share updates on Userlist's upcoming visual workflow builder as well as Benedicte's new project, MixPod. Benedicte's Halloween...

A major luddite

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt talk about their updates from the past three weeks, washing machines, winter preparations, and more.Sign the new letter to the ...

Picking up old hobbies 🩰🥁

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt talk about the old hobbies they’ve picked up and other updates from the week.Here’s Michael and Benedikt on day 1 of their ...

Are Gatsby and Jamstack dead?

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt comes back from summer vacation. Benedicte grapples with Gatsby and Jamstack “dying”.End of summer, end of Gatsby?Jamstack is Dead…Or I...

Marketing Experiments for Outseta

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte talks to Geoff about the marketing experiments they’re doing this fall.OutsetaFollow Geoff on TwitterWatch the productive morning routine ...

Summer of UI Tweaks

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt take on the challenge of #SummerofUITweaks for their products.Let us know if you’re joining the #SummerofUITweaks on this thr...

Database constraints with Andrew Atkinson

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt talks to Andrew Atkinson about different types of database constraints and his upcoming book.Read the tweet that triggered this interviewLear...

When do you bring out the bootcamp general?

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte thinks about the best way to update docs. Benedikt gets excited about their product development.Get a sneak peek of Benedicte’s second flo...

Major life update!

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt shares a major life update. Benedicte gets things wrapped up before vacation.Things were slow for Benedikt last week in preparation for his b...

We finally met in person!

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and Benedicte have finally met in person in Athens.Benedikt had a great time at the recent Rails SaaS conference where he was able to meet up...

Busy Bees 🐝

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt prepares for his upcoming Rails SaaS Conference talk. Benedicte visits her old university town.Rails SaaS ConferenceFour Thousand Weeks — a...

What’s next for Prune Your Follows?

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte thinks about how to move forward with Prune Your Follows. Benedikt starts working on their conversion goals feature.Prune Your Follows@level...

Should we add a now page?

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt ponders on adding a now page for Userlist. Benedicte gets excited about an upcoming upgrade to their property.Check out Lillian’s mmm.pageA...

DNSimple with Anthony Eden

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Eden chats with Benedicte and Benedikt about DNSimple, marketing, how they delegate decision making in their team, and more.DNSimpleFollow DNS...

Clean code makes Benedikt happy

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte takes it easy this week as she nurses a cold. Benedikt thinks about how to market their latest feature.Search three ways with Xata: Partial ...

Queen Raae joins Outseta

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and Benedicte talk about her new role and the dangers of Section 174. Episode 157: Outseta with Geoff RobertsRead Michele Hansen’s thread ...

Clean code makes me happy

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With things now clicking, Benedikt makes great progress with their reporting feature. Benedicte pitches an old idea to some hip hop celebrities at the...

Producing, editing, and remixing content

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte dreams of having a small content team. Benedikt uncovers more complications with building the reporting feature.Data in the Wild Ep. 2 with ...

Forced relaxation

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte enjoys some forced relaxation. The Userlist team launches the type support for the condition builder.Data in the Wild Ep. 1 with Monica Lent...

Brainstorming for a podcast title

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte brainstorms titles for their upcoming podcast series with Xata. Benedikt runs into issues with deleting large amounts of data.Add your sugge...

Waiting for the dust to settle

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and the Userlist team make more progress on their reporting feature. And with everything that’s going on with Twitter and Gatsby, Benedicte...

Owning our identities

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and Benedicte talk about owning their identities and more.Atomic Habits — a book by James ClearRead Benedicte’s first article on the Xata...

Don’t build your house on someone else’s lawn

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt discuss platform risk and more.Read Michele Hansen’s thread on why you shouldn’t “build your house on someone else’s la...

Trying out new things

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte tries out a new physical activity. Benedikt works on new features for Userlist.Prune Your FollowsCheck out Userlist’s message composer in ...

Celebrating the Big Four-O 🥳

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte celebrates her big four-o with a spa day by the ocean. Benedikt and the Userlist team work on their blog redesign.It’s been a nice weekend...

Setting Goals for 2023

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cheers to the new year! Benedicte and Benedikt look back at their 2022 journeys and set new goals for the coming year.YearCompass — reflect on the y...

Happy 2023!

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and Benedicte talk about their wonderful holiday breaks and upcoming plans for 2023.Prune Your FollowsRead the TechCrunch feature about Prune...

The numbers are in

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt talk about the recent launch of Prune Your Follows on ProductHunt, migrating from Heroku Postgres to Crunchy Bridge, and prepar...

Prune Your Follows is now on Product Hunt!

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte launches Prune Your Follows on Product Hunt. Benedikt deals with small annoyances at work.Upvote Prune Your Follows on Product Hunt!Take a l...

Full steam ahead with Prune Your Follows

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and the Userlist team decide on their next big feature. Benedicte comes across new challenges with Prune Your Follows.Prune Your FollowsHere’...

Crunching through the to-do list

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt return to the daily grind after enjoying the conference season.Here’s why we had to push back the recording time of this week...

Unleash with Ivar Østhus

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ivar Østhus of Unleash chats with Benedicte about feature flagging, how they enable collaboration in teams, how they turned their side gig into a ful...

Coming to you from San Francisco

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte enjoys a fun week at Jamstack Conf. Benedikt wraps things up at work before next week’s MicroConf Europe.Despite feeling tired after Jamst...

Protect your email address and domain

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After running into a problem with her domain, Benedicte and Benedikt talk about how to protect your email address and domain.Prune Your FollowsBDTP S6...

Outseta with Geoff Roberts

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Geoff Roberts of Outseta chats with Benedikt and Benedicte about Outseta, their uncommon operating and compensation model, and more.OutsetaJustin Wels...

The best solution to feeling anxious

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte lands the deal for Prune Your Follows. Benedikt deals with the slow speed of moving their rendered emails. Should Benedicte get the black o...

When is a solution good enough?

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt focuses on solving other issues on Userlist. Benedicte makes the most out of her vacation in Germany.Conference BuddyGeoff Roberts of Outseta...

What makes a senior developer?

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte pitches her latest side project to a database startup. Benedikt gets an interesting question from his mentee.Read Benedikt and Jesse’s bac...

Conference Hacks

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt share tips on how to make the most out of conferences and more.Retweet Colby Fayock’s testimonial about Gatsby Retweet Brian...

Shipping quality stuff vs. shipping stuff fast

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Coming back from a two-week break here at the podcast, Benedikt and Benedicte talk about the progress they’re making and a few existential questions...

Feather.so with Bhanu Teja P

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte chats with Feather.so founder Bhanu Teja P to talk about his Notion to blog platform and the importance of marketing your product.Feather.so...

Everything’s Coming Together

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt and Benedicte are both celebrating very productive weeks as they see all their efforts come together in their respective projects.Jamstack Co...

Write Down Your Passwords

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Benedikt talk about the updates from the week and why it's in fact good idea to write down your passwords.The ONE Thing by Gery KellerEp...

Kind of Done with Summer

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With the summer almost over, Benedicte is excited to get back on the grind. Benedikt deals with the heat wave and the load of small things at work.Mod...

User Experience with Nathan Powell

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

UX designer Nathan Powell joins Benedicte and Benedikt to talk about his latest projects, some practical UX tips, and the struggles with onboarding.Na...

Slow (& Steady) Summer Rhythm

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte is enjoying the slow summer rhythm. Benedikt and the team are feeling good about the new pricing.Modern FrontEnds Live!Nathan Powell of Feat...

Protecting data privacy

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt fights against spam sign-ups. Benedicte contemplates the next steps for POW! in light of the recent overturn in the U.S.Benedicte’s app, PO...

pgMustard with Michael Christofides

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Christofides of pgMustard chats with Benedikt and Benedicte about gardening, pgMustard, PostgreSQL, and doing marketing for SaaS.pgMustardPost...

New Userlist Pricing is Up!

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedikt finally launches the new pricing. Benedicte talks about their ideas for the next season of the stream.Michael from pgMustardBenedicte had ano...

Ship it, ship it, ship it!

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte is feeling calm after an ordinary week. She is getting ready for summer and, beyond the routine activities, she has figured out solutions fo...

Getting the Gig!

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benedicte and Ola win the Gatsby gig! Benedikt spies a new opportunity.CloudinaryStructured ContentGather's Escape The IslandIntroducing Stripe AppsBe...