Karl Hughes

2020, Dec 20 — 12 minute read

I once shared office space with a quickly-growing startup in downtown Chicago. This company seemed...

2020, Dec 16 — 8 minute read

When I joined my first startup almost ten years ago, most of the prevailing wisdom...

2020, Dec 14 — 5 minute read

I’ve worked in startups my whole career, first as a software engineer, then as a...

2020, Dec 11 — 15 minute read

Hiring a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is a difficult feat at the best of times....

2020, Dec 08 — 5 minute read

As a long-time PHP developer, Laravel is one of the most exciting additions to the...

2020, Dec 06 — 4 minute read

Google is the most widely-used search engine in the world, and the company now offers...

2020, Dec 04 — 13 minute read

As a startup founder, you get pulled in a million different directions from the moment...

2020, Nov 29 — 9 minute read

We made some considerable improvements to the tech stack at The Graide Network during my...

2020, Nov 27 — 14 minute read

A lot has happened in 2020. As this strange and unsettling year comes to a...

2020, Nov 21 — 8 minute read

I’m currently writing a series of articles about test frameworks, and it got me thinking...