Slow & Steady

Benedikt asks some tough comparison questions. Benedicte leans on the "engine" and has some fun. Hacker News, Date Comparison Zach Holman: The Kobayashi Maru of Comparing Dates with Times Benedikt's date and time comparison tweet Slow & Steady, on YouTube! Done-for-you Demo Draft You're basically a house plant... Have you weighed in on Benedikt's data comparison conundrum yet? He stirred up qu...

Benedicte shares some positive feedback. Benedikt moves forward with a suite of integrations. Queen Raae, testimonial tweet  An embarrassed Queen Raae on stream Userlist Integrations page Benedicte is feeling flattered, is receiving praise online, and saving this kind of feedback for the future in a "brag folder". She recommends starting one of these for brightening up a gloomy day or for remindin...

Time flies for Benedikt at Userlist. Benedicte will save you from your Gatsby emergency. TinySeed : an accelerator for SaaS bootstrappers How to Start a Podcast in 2022 – Beginners Podcasting Guide with @mijustin Emergency Gatsby Call Sales Page Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats with @wesbos and @stolinski Llama Life - calm, focused productivity Bannerbear — generate marketing visuals Benedikt...

Benedikt and Benedicte chat with Lesley about her product Newsletter Glue. Lesley's website Follow Lesley on Twitter Newsletter Glue — Lesley's product WordPress Gutenberg Benedicte's Tree Top Hut getaway POW! Lesley Sim, co-founder of Newsletter Glue and fan of unique top-level domains, discusses product pivots, finding co-founders and freelancers, bootstrapping, WordPress, and more. Newsletter G...

The third Monday of January may be a downer, but not for Benedikt and Benedicte! Blue Monday The Great Gatsby with Queen Raae - REACT 168 Benedikt: Tree data structure thread Smashing Magazine Benedikt is bathing in artificial light, exercising, and staying focused thanks to the new frontend developer, Leo, at Userlist. These factors, combined with a good year and small raise, have him beating the...

Benedicte celebrates her birthday and Benedikt dives into backend work. Latest stream with Mirjam  The Great Gatsby with Queen Raae - REACT 168 While Benedicte enjoys a birthday tradition, the momentum from last week has slowed down. Not to fear — the Gatsby "engine" is proving a valuable way to keep things moving along. Routine, systems, and daily email writing were all "winners" for the week. A...

Welcome to the new year! Benedicte and Benedikt report on their year-end breaks and share a few goals for the coming year. YearCompass — reflect on the year and plan the next one Benedicte enjoyed a great Christmas holiday and New Year's celebration. Between a trip to the mountains, sledding on toboggans, and watching the fireworks over Oslo, she felt invigorated to get started in 2022. Her encryp...

In his last episode before taking a break, Brian gets some great news about his game, Backpack. Benedicte recovers from a few sick days. Benedikt shares some hiring lessons from Userlist. Let's help Mirjam settle on a Data Model #ConferenceBuddy v2.0 with Benedikt Deicke Podcast: The Business of Authority BoardGameGeek — online resource and community for board games MegaMaker — a community for boo...

The gang is all here! In addition to updates, they discuss the "sawdust" metaphor — packaging the byproducts of your primary service and putting them to good use. Brian announces he will be taking a break from the show. Blogging For Devs Community Go Rails — learn Ruby on Rails Benedicte's new plugin Yoga accountability Twitter thread Conference Buddy — an app by Mirjam Aulbach Now Hiring: Fronten...

Not sponsored, but Benedikt and Benedicte rave about Stripe a little. The Userlist team grew by one while Benedikt was on vacation. Benedicte gets a small POW! win. Conference Buddy — an app by Mirjam Aulbach Stream: Use a plugin to accept Stripe donations of any amount   Stripe — making payments easy, NOT sponsored :) Smashing Magazine — for web designers and developers Benedikt took last week of...

Brian is back! He returns from the Grand Canyon trip and reflects on his time spent while disconnected. Benedicte gives a progress update on her Gatsby work and her plans for streaming in the coming months. Queen Raae GitHub: gatsby-plugin-let-it-snow Conference Buddy — an app by Mirjam Aulbach Stream: Use a plugin to accept Stripe donations of any amount   semantic-release : Benedicte's "tech cru...

Benedikt and Benedicte pair up for another week without Brian. Benedikt continues to interview at Userlist which offers learning opportunities. Benedicte shares both a change in plans for the end of this year and a broad goal for 2022. Queen Raae GitHub: gatsby-plugin-let-it-snow "Let it Snow" in action Now Hiring: Frontend Developer (Ember.js) at Userlist Rewardful: affiliate & referral setup...

With Brian away, Benedikt and Benedicte discuss the nuances of why hiring can be difficult. Benedikt shares how the search for open roles at Userlist is going. Benedicte is scheduling the remaining Gatsby bootcamps and is open to experimenting with offerings and formats in the future. The two discuss valuable aspects of different educational content formats. Finally, winter is coming and Benedikt...

Brian starts his role at GitLab and continues to make progress on outsourcing development with JTBD.app. Benedikt recaps the email marketing feature launch and shares open roles at Userlist. Benedicte prepares for the Gatsby mini bootcamp kickoff, discusses pricing strategy, and wonders, "Don’t we all want a successful SaaS?" JTBD.app Now Hiring: Customer Success Manager at Userlist Userlist's Mar...

Matt Wensing joins Benedicte, Brian, and Benedikt to talk about Userlist's new marketing email feature. Brian enjoys vacation and finds development help. Benedicte launches her first bootcamp. Check out Userlist on Product Hunt Matt on Twitter Matt's company, Summit Userlist's Marketing Email feature Benedicte's Gatsby Bootcamp

Big news this week as Brian announces that he's taking a full-time job. Why now and what does it mean for JTBD.app? Gatsby Func Jam Benedicte’s Submission Art of Product with Penelope Phippen of Stripe Rob Walling's Stairstep Approach to Bootstrapping How Not to Stairstep

Brian Casel joins Benedicte, Brian, and Benedikt to talk about ZipMessage, selling businesses, hiring contractors to collaborate with, and how becoming a developer makes you worse at marketing.  ZipMessage Brian’s Productize & Scale course Brian’s Website AudienceOps FounderGigs

Benedicte got nominated for The Jammies Awards. Brian is feeling a bit overwhelmed by too many things on his plate. Benedikt realized why they are procrastinating a bit on the new marketing feature.  Vote for Benedicte at The Jammies Awards pgMustard The Gatsby FuncJam Challenge Tilde

Benedikt has an epiphany, Benedicte is back in POW!, and Brian is all over the place. Peak Performance Sprint Hard, Rest Hard

Brian decides to cut the year on the road short, Benedicte is now focusing on building a Gatsby training business, and Benedikt is cleaning up Userlist's front-end code base.  Live Pair Programming with Adam McCrea Queen Raae Codes Real Python

We're all three together again and Benedikt has a couple of exciting milestones to share about Userlist's financials! Brian is still getting early access interest for JTBD.app and Benedicte is anxious to get back to coding on POW.

While Brian is struggling with his internet connection, Benedicte is thinking about productized offerings for Gatsby, and Benedikt is back from vacation. Userlist Website Call Paul with Benedicte

While Benedikt is still on vacation, Benedicte wonders about the pros & cons of teaming up with a close friend, and Brian continues to roll out updates to JTBD.app.

Benedicte and Brian are back to talk about affiliates, guesting, and building an audience. Also! Backpack made it through the first stage of the boardgame design contest! @raae's Norweigian Horseback Vacay 

Benedikt is joined by Daniel Alm, founder of Timing, to talk about Daniel's recent learnings from his time tracking app for MacOS. They talk about coming up with new product features, marketing strategies and work-life-balance.  Timing Daniel on Twitter AudienceOps Postaga