Built by one developer. Shipped like a team.
SonaTales is designed, engineered and run by Aksbyte Technology — an independent product studio founded by Akshya Kumar.
Akshya Kumar
Founder & Engineer, Aksbyte Technology
Software engineer (B.Tech, 2024) focused on scalable, production-ready applications. I work across Flutter/Dart, Python, backend systems, Firebase, real-time communication, workflow automation, AI integrations and cloud infrastructure — with a strong bias toward clean architecture, performance and reliability.
What went into SonaTales
End to end, by one person.
Mobile app
Flutter, background playback, encrypted offline downloads, bilingual UI.
Backend & API
Node.js on Cloudflare Workers, Supabase Postgres with row-level security.
Storage & delivery
Cloudflare R2 and a global CDN.
Story Studio
A Python + AI pipeline for scripts, multi-voice narration and audio mixing — with human review before anything is published.
Admin console
React, for publishing, notifications, campaigns and moderation.
Website, legal & support
The site you're reading.
The journey
- 2024
B.Tech graduate. Building production software.
- 2026
SonaTales — from idea to Google Play, built solo.
Why SonaTales
Good stories deserve to be heard — in the language you think in. SonaTales brings short, immersive Hindi and English audio stories to anyone with a phone and a few quiet minutes.