Yashas
Chaudhry
I build at the boundary of hardware and software — recycling infrastructure, cybersecurity systems, and community platforms — because the most interesting problems live where the physical and the digital meet.
Six projects. Real stories.
Real impact.
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125+ kg of batteries and e-waste recycled. Started after seeing the Ghazipur landfill reality. Now Head of Operations (North India) at Threco, a national CPCB-authorised e-waste company.
Built after my grandfather lost his bank credentials to a phishing scam. Web app + Chrome extension.
Started with one favour for a family friend. Became 8 websites delivered, 3 paying clients. Zero ad spend.
Built around understanding computer hardware — CPUs, GPUs, components, and how computing systems actually work. Raided twice. Rebuilt three times. Hit 1.1K members. Now a genuine 300+ member tech community.
Self-hosted home server — built, configured, and operated independently. Real systems work: storage architecture, network configuration, and infrastructure I maintain rather than just use.
Builder first.
Student second.
I built PhishSentinel because my grandfather got scammed. Battery Bin because nobody put a recycling bin in the right place. I am as interested in the hardware underneath the software as I am in the software itself — which is what ECE is. Hardware Decoded three times after it got destroyed twice. BrandSnap from one favour that turned into a business. The pattern is always the same.
Problems first, tools second
Every project started with something I personally witnessed — a grandfather scammed, a landfill overflowing, a community that did not exist. Technology always came second.
Impact over presentation
125+ kg of batteries and e-waste out of landfills. A grandfather who browses confidently. Seven local businesses online. The numbers that matter most do not appear on any certificate.
Long-term commitment
Flute since Grade 3. Hardware Decoded since Grade 8 — rebuilt after two server raids. The same patience that keeps me at an instrument keeps a project running years after starting it.
Bias toward action
Most of what I have built was not assigned, not required, not expected. It just seemed worth doing. I do not wait for the right time or someone else to go first.