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 usual winter blues. Last week they helped a customer through a spam attack and he completed more in...
Jan 20, 2022•39 min•Ep. 123
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 podcast appearance on React Round Up went well, too. Benedikt adjusts to working with Userlist's newe...
Jan 13, 2022•28 min•Ep. 122
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 encryption and privacy talk went well and she already has a podcast appearance and streams lined up to kic...
Jan 06, 2022•49 min•Ep. 121
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 bootstrappers ProseMirror — tool for building rich-text editors Sanity.io Portable Text Brian is leavin...
Dec 15, 2021•59 min•Ep. 120
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: Frontend Developer (Ember.js) at Userlist While he feels conflicted, Brian plans to take a three-month brea...
Dec 08, 2021•57 min•Ep. 119
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 off but didn't unplug 100%. He moved hiring forward on the frontend developer role. The pipeline is fill...
Dec 01, 2021•41 min•Ep. 118
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 crush" Benedicte catches up with Brian after he returns from his trip to the Grand Canyon. She is feeling...
Nov 26, 2021•41 min•Ep. 117
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 for SaaS companies using Stripe Benedicte is feeling creative after working on a short, fun Gatsby ...
Nov 17, 2021•47 min•Ep. 116
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 is not particularly excited about it. Now Hiring: Customer Success Manager at Userlist Now Hiring: F...
Nov 10, 2021•50 min•Ep. 115
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 Marketing Email feature Benedicte's Gatsby Bootcamp Jonathan Stark Benedicte's POW! Brian's first day a...
Nov 03, 2021•53 min•Ep. 114
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...
Oct 27, 2021•50 min•Ep. 113
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...
Oct 20, 2021•56 min•Ep. 112
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...
Oct 13, 2021•56 min•Ep. 111
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...
Sep 30, 2021•47 min•Ep. 110
Benedikt has an epiphany, Benedicte is back in POW!, and Brian is all over the place. Peak Performance Sprint Hard, Rest Hard
Sep 22, 2021•46 min•Ep. 109
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
Sep 15, 2021•41 min•Ep. 108
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.
Sep 08, 2021•40 min•Ep. 107
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
Sep 01, 2021•52 min•Ep. 106
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.
Aug 25, 2021•42 min•Ep. 105
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
Aug 18, 2021•50 min•Ep. 104
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
Aug 11, 2021•39 min•Ep. 103
While Brian is exploring the streets of New York City, Benedicte and Benedikt talk about their weeks and how to take vacations as an entrepreneur. Benedicte's workcation Benedicte on Twitter Benedikt on Twitter
Aug 04, 2021•49 min•Ep. 102
Brian answers a listener question about Headlamp and shares some updates about Backpack. Benedikt deployed the new sign-up forms for the marketing feature and is thinking about hiring a developer. Benedicte talks about her recent launch of Gatsby Summer Functions and the learnings so far. Headlamp Securing Your Gatsby Gatsby Summer Functions Tabletopia Backpack on Tabletopia...
Jul 28, 2021•47 min•Ep. 101
To celebrate the 100th episode of "Slow & Steady," we take some time to tell our backstories and reflect on the paths that brought us to where we are today. Queen Raae on Twitter Benedikt on Twitter Brian on Twitter POW! Userlist HireBrianRhea.com from the Wayback Machine The whole HireBrianRhea story...
Jul 21, 2021•58 min•Ep. 100
Benedicte talks about the launch of her upcoming Gatsby Functions course. Benedikt is talking about the recent live streaming experiment. Brian is starting to enjoy the year on the road and is working on the JTBD app. Gatsby Summer Functions Slow & Steady wins the race Sidekiq jtbd.app...
Jul 14, 2021•44 min•Ep. 99
Brian manages to join for an entire episode and share some updates on the JTBD app. Benedikt deployed double opt-in and got a kitchen all in the same week! Unfortunately, Benedicte was unable to join this week, but we promise, one of these days we'll have all three co-hosts on for an entire episode :P
Jul 07, 2021•27 min•Ep. 98
Brian is back (joining from Bar Harbor, Maine) and sharing his progress on the JTBD app as well as stories from the road. Benedicte is taking a quick break from her vacation to launch Gatsby Summer Functions. Benedikt is scared to deploy the double opt-in implementation and fighting with email rendering in Outlook. Benedicte’s on-brand vacation Gatsby Summer Functions (30% Discount Code: SLOWANDSTEADY) VS Code VS Code Remote Development GitHub Codespaces...
Jun 30, 2021•49 min•Ep. 97
While Brian is having trouble with his internet connection Bar Harbor, Benedicte talks about her upcoming Gatsby Summer Functions course. Benedikt shares his recent progress on Zapier and Double Opt-In for Userlist. Jonathan Stark Gatsby Summer Functions Userlist on Zapier
Jun 23, 2021•53 min•Ep. 96
Benedicte Raae joins Brian and Benedikt to talk about their updates of the week. Brian is still getting used to the life on the road, Benedicte is working on a new side project, and Benedikt is still figuring out how to implement double opt-ins. Gatsby Summer Functions with Queen Raae and the Nattermob Pirates POW! — the privacy-first menstrual cycle journal Zapier Userlist on Zapier...
Jun 16, 2021•46 min•Ep. 95
Benedikt has some exciting updates and Brian joins from the road for the first time!
Jun 09, 2021•28 min•Ep. 94
