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Slow & Steady

Slow & Steady

By: Benedikt Deicke Benedicte Raae and Brian Rhea
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Join us as we share what it's like to build and launch a bootstrapped startup while working for yourself full-time. Benedikt is working on Userlist, and Benedicte is establishing herself as a Gatsby expert and developer advocate for hire.© 2026 Benedikt Deicke, Benedicte Raae, and Brian Rhea Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • The Strangler Fig Pattern
    Apr 30 2026

    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

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    52 mins
  • I Almost Quit Userlist
    Apr 17 2026

    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

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    1 hr
  • Ending Chapters
    Apr 2 2026

    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.

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    39 mins
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