Hugo Holmqvist
Chief Executive Officer at ByteSoup Oy
Helsinki, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolHugo Holmqvist is a Helsinki-based technology leader and CEO with 12 years of software engineering experience and a background in computer science and data science from the University of Helsinki. He combines hands-on full-stack development with strategic leadership at ByteSoup Oy, after senior engineering roles at Reaktor and Gubbe. Hugo is particularly interested in IoT, machine learning, and computer graphics, and he applies that curiosity to both product direction and technical implementation. As a frequent open-source contributor, he helps improve documentation and bug fixes for high-profile projects like discord.js, showing attention to developer experience and real-world API integrations. He also tutors and mentors—having served as a teaching assistant—bridging academic rigor and industry practice. Pragmatic and detail-oriented, Hugo blends entrepreneurial drive with a developer’s craftsmanship to deliver reliable, user-focused systems.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of Helsinki
Finnish, Swedish, English, German
Github Skills (9)
nodejs10
javascript10
discord-js10
documentation10
googlebot9
bots9
discord7
discord-bot7
api7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
discordjs/discord.js
Jul 2016 - Aug 2016
A powerful JavaScript library for interacting with the Discord API
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 7 PRs, 3 comments in 20 days
Contributions summary:Hugo primarily contributes to documentation examples and fixing issues within the discord.js library. Their work includes adding examples for various functionalities such as sending files, deleting messages, and status updates. They also addressed code-related problems, such as fixing boolean options, updating token prefixes, and resolving voice event and message-related bugs.
apidiscord-jsjavascript-librarydiscorddiscordjs
MergHQ/piikki
Jan 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:60 commits, 60 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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