Real quotes from the Slow & Steady podcast next to ones an AI wrote in my voice. Guess which is which.
When
2026
Why
Learn more about AI and setting up a voice skill based on transcripts from Slow & Steady.
Hello
I’m Benedicte (Queen) Raae. My co-captain Ola, our Pirate Princess and I run Lilly Labs, a small dev studio in the old family factory we also call home. Located in cosy Rodeløkka, Oslo, Norway.
Collecting
Trying to gather 30 years of online life into this one site. My biggest regret is not sticking to one blog through it all. Sadly starting something new is such good fun.
Building
A personal homeschool system linking what we do to the Norwegian competency goals (kompetansemål). AI built and AI enabled. Unstructured inputs to structured logs.
Maintaining
Lilly Labs is currently the fractional IT department for Whee!, where we maintain and clean up everything from workshop operations to the website, customer portal, email and SMS.
Slow & Steady. Benedikt and Benedicte (lol) chatting every other week or so about building software, life and so on.
The Privacy-First Menstrual Cycle Journal. Your data never leaves your browser. Launched 8 March 2020.
When
2019
Why
I needed to know how one makes an app that cannot leak your data.
The Varsom app
The first app version of varsom.no. It was also a test of NVE’s docs and API developer experience.
When
2013–2019
Why
Give users a better phone experience and the option to be notified.
No longer live
The Norwegian school competency goals in plainer language, with an easier overview.
When
2026
Why
I could not for the life of me get an overview on the official site. Luckily, there’s an API.
Recreated fashion billboards with my friends and me as models. Ended up on the front page of VG in my bikini.
When
2012
Why
I wondered what fashion billboards would look like if my friends or I were the models?!?
Piraty live streams and videos, since 2021.
When
Since 2021
Why
The thought of live streaming scared me half to death and I mocked it as a concept, a sure sign it needed to be done.
A podcast exploring data modelling in real-life indie hacker software, sponsored by Xata.
When
2023–2024
Why
We wanted to learn more about data modelling and podcasting. Xata had the same goal.
A web app to help you unfollow folks on Twitter to get a better timeline experience built with Xata.
When
2022–2023
Why
Test Xata’s developer experience while live streaming.
Lillygram
Let you send Instagram photos as proper monthly physical letters to your loved ones.
When
2013–2015
Why
How could we include the less digital among us?
No longer live
265 entries, so far mostly from my Gatsby era. With the help of Jean-Claw, my aim is to collect it all into this site: old blog posts, newsletters sent, links to appearances… my 30-year online existence in one place... 😬