The Viridel founder: Shiva Kumar Esakki Pandiyan

Solo founder and operator of Viridel and Starvo — two production products designed, shipped, and run by one person.

I'm Shiva Kumar Esakki Pandiyan. I completed my Class 12 schooling under the ISC board in the Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry stream, with results in May 2025. Viridel and Starvo are what I chose to do next — not class projects, but real, production software products used by real people.

I am the only person behind both products: I scoped them, designed the user flows, made every product and operational decision, and ship every change. There is no co-founder, no agency, and no team.

A local-first personal finance app — Ready to Assign budgets, Age of Money, net worth, bills, loans, and optional shared household budgeting via Plus (no bank credentials). 34-day Free trial. €50 Lifetime for the full web product now; native desktop and mobile ship Q1 2027 included. Designed end-to-end: product scope, UI, Supabase (Frankfurt), Electron, Capacitor iOS/Android, payment integration (Dodo Payments), marketing site, SEO, and operations.

A review management SaaS for owner-operated local businesses. Google Business Profile OAuth + daily review sync + reply-from-Starvo, AI-drafted replies, WhatsApp Cloud API channel, full billing (monthly subscriptions, Dodo Payments Merchant of Record), GDPR/DPDPA compliance, and a server-rendered marketing site.

Running payment-processing products alone forces a discipline that a class project never does. A few principles I hold to as I make decisions and ship changes:

Product pages describe what the product does, not invented customers or features that don't exist. Terms describe the actual refund policy, not an aspirational one.

Security is server-enforced

The UI hides what a user shouldn't see; the server rejects what a user shouldn't do. Never rely on client-side gates for access control.

Correctness over speed on money paths

Plan changes and quota decisions are designed so concurrent activity can never double-spend or double-charge.

Both products are deployed, monitored, and operated as live services — not demos or side projects in maintenance mode.

I read every support email

Every message reaches me directly. I usually reply within a few days — sometimes the same day when I can. No support bots, no ticket queues.

I read everything that comes in. For Viridel support, product feedback, or anything else:

Viridel is built and operated by one person. If the product has been useful and you want to support continued development — documentation, languages when demand is clear, and the Q1 2027 native apps — you can buy me a coffee. It is optional, never required for access, and unrelated to Lifetime or Plus purchases.

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The Viridel founder: Shiva Kumar Esakki Pandiyan

Shiva Kumar Esakki Pandiyan builds Viridel solo: a private local-first YNAB alternative. No agency, no team. €50 Lifetime.