DuskByte

About DuskByte

Six people. The two who design your system also review the code.

Binny and Deepak set the architecture and review every build, whoever writes it. Discovery, build sprints, launch and support afterwards: the same team throughout.

Our story

DuskByte was founded in 2018, growing out of Binny Chanchal's software engineering practice, a career that started in 2009, into a small, architect-led team. Along the way, one client relationship grew into tax-protest, CRM and appraisal-automation infrastructure now serving 40,000+ homeowners: Chandler Crouch, starting with a single property-tax protest tool. That pattern, going deep with clients instead of moving on to the next logo, is how we still work today.

We use AI tooling heavily, and it is a real part of how we ship. The architecture, the review and the quality bar stay human led. Go-Insights, iTwin.ai, and OnlineCourses.ai are the proof of that, not a claim we're asking you to take on faith.

The facts

DuskByte at a glance

Founded
DuskByte was founded in 2018 by Binny Chanchal.
Team size
DuskByte is a team of 6 people: two architects who design and review every engagement, three full-stack developers, and one designer.
Based in
DuskByte is based in Mohali, India.
Timezone coverage
The team works 9:30am to 8:00pm UK time: full overlap with UK and Europe working hours, and 9am to 3pm US Eastern.
Primary services
DuskByte provides platform modernisation and cloud migration, web app and SaaS development, AI integrations and automation, workflow automation, and cloud and DevOps.
Primary technologies
DuskByte builds with Laravel, PHP, React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, Google Workspace APIs, and OpenAI APIs.

How we work

01

Discovery

We scope the problem with you directly, with no account manager relaying requirements. Binny or Deepak is on the call.

02

Build sprints

Short, visible sprints. You see working software in the first couple of weeks, not a deck three months in.

03

Launch

We ship to production and stand behind the deploy: infrastructure, monitoring, and rollback plans included, not an afterthought.

04

Support

The team that built it stays on to run it. No hand-off to a different support org after launch.

Our method

Why the work goes fast

Most of what slows a project down is rework: decisions made before anyone understood the system, then unpicked later. These four principles exist to remove that. Settling the architecture first is precisely what lets us put working software in front of you in weeks: the time goes into building rather than into undoing.

Clarity and assessment before execution

We understand the system before proposing changes to it: the coupling, the constraints, and what actually breaks first. Work that starts from an accurate model of the platform doesn't get rebuilt halfway through.

Phased, incremental change

Change lands in steps that can each be validated, not one large cutover. Every step is small enough to reason about, and small enough to undo.

Rollback-safe modernisation

Every deployment ships with an explicit way back. A bad release becomes a reversible event measured in minutes, rather than an incident measured in days.

Stabilisation before acceleration

We get a platform steady before adding load, features or AI on top of it. Speed built on an unstable base is borrowed, and it gets repaid with interest.

The team

Who actually builds your project

Binny Chanchal

Binny Chanchal

Software Engineer & Solution Architect

Founded DuskByte and architects every engagement before a line of code is written. Designs and reviews the system-level decisions on every project the team ships.

Since 2009 · 16+ years

Deepak

Deepak

Senior Lead Developer

Leads delivery on DuskByte's largest builds and reviews architecture alongside Binny: the second set of senior eyes on every project.

Since 2015 · 10+ years

Atul

Atul

UI/UX Designer

Designs the interfaces and product flows for DuskByte's client work, from first wireframe to shipped screen.

Since 2022 · 4+ years

Virendra

Virendra

Full-Stack Backend Developer

Builds and hardens the backend systems and APIs underneath DuskByte's platforms.

Since 2021 · 5+ years

Sumit

Sumit

Full-Stack Developer

Builds across the stack on client engagements, working inside the architecture Binny and Deepak set.

Since 2024 · 2+ years

Ajay

Ajay

Full-Stack Developer & Data Engineer

Builds data pipelines and full-stack features, with particular depth on the analytics and integration work behind DuskByte's MarTech projects.

Since 2022 · 4+ years

Want to talk to the person who'd architect your project?

Book a call with Binny directly. No account manager in between.