CalmSource
§ 05 — Founder
One founder, no ceremonyFolio № 05 · Founder

A single builder shipping the entire stack.

CalmSource is a one-person project today. The runtime, the SDK, the operator console, the docs — all written by the same person. This page is honest about that.

Founder

Who is building CalmSource

Plate № 0101 / 01
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Sehaj Uppal · Sole author
Base
YVR · Canada
Zone
UTC −08
Stack
Kotlin · Compose
Member
CIPS Canada
Sehaj Uppal
Founder & Sole Engineer · Vancouver, Canada

Independent Android developer working on CalmSource full-time. Background in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and low-level performance work on constrained hardware. Currently the only person on the project — writing the runtime, running the beta program, answering support, and shipping releases.

Member of the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) — Canada's national body for IT professionals, upholding a formal code of ethics and continuing professional development standards.

Detailed bio, prior work, and code samples are shared directly on request. Get in touch.

Advisors

Advisory board

No formal advisors at this stage. The project relies on open-source peers, beta testers, and public feedback from the Android developer community. Formal advisors will be recruited alongside the first round of funding.

Planned Hires

Where the first funding goes

  1. 01Android Runtime EngineerHire #1 · post-fundingKotlin/JVM performance work, memory-aware buffering, device-tier profiling.
  2. 02Platform / Networking EngineerHire #2 · post-fundingQoS router, parallel probes, adaptive streaming across low-bandwidth links.
  3. 03Founding Designer (part-time)Contract · Q4 2026TV-first UX, operator console, documentation surface.