Slow & Steady The AI Episode
Jan 22, 2026
Benedikt and Benedicte explore the transformative potential of AI in enhancing productivity. They discuss their plans for Userlist, including using AI to tackle tedious engineering tasks and improve code quality. Excitingly, Benedikt shares how a simple article led AI to generate a demo app in one go. The duo also highlights the importance of mindful AI usage, emphasizing the balance between automation and human interaction. Additionally, they delve into AI's role in reducing churn through documentation and internal cross-linking.
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Docs Issue Turned Into A One-Shot Demo
- Benedikt wrote a docs article after seeing churn feedback and one support ticket.
- He fed the article to Claude and it generated a correct demo Next app in one shot.
AI Handles Multi-Artifact Reasoning
- Modern AI can reason about flows, schemas and multiple artifacts together.
- Benedikt used mermaid diagrams and screenshots so AI could implement a theft flow and database schema.
Use AI To Overcome Annoying Tasks
- Use AI to remove the inertia for boring, repetitive engineering tasks.
- Let AI bootstrap messy work, then spend time refactoring and improving structure.
