Sri Lanka · Software Engineer

Building The Future.

Web Dev · Game Dev · Astronomy · Photography · Software Engineering

6+ Projects Built
8+ Technologies
Curiosity
🌐 Web Dev
🔭 Astronomer
🎮 Game Dev
📷 Photographer
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Selected Work

Featured
Projects

Things I've built that actually do something interesting.

React Node.js AI Integration
StudySync

Full-suite web app for school students — organization tools, shared notes, built-in AI assistant, and a study plan generator/tracker.

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JavaScript Chess Engine Web App
SJ Trainer

Free, ad-free chess training tool. Real game positions, zero bias — no preset advantages. Just you and the board.

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Python Desktop App Security
Sneak

Parental control app for SSCEHC — periodically captures screen activity and stores it securely so parents can monitor safely.

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CSS Library Open Source Toolkit
SJML

A CSS toolkit for web devs that need to ship stunning UI fast. Animations, transitions, effects — plug and play.

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Visual Archive

Captured
Moments.

Night skies, city streets, and everything in between — shot through glass and light.

MACRO·001
Pankcakes
Sweet layers, warm light, and cozy rainy day vibes 🥞🍓✨
NATURE·001
Nature's Beauty
Golden hour glow on the smallest details ✨🌿 A quiet, peaceful moment.
ASTRO·001
Astro Photography
Far away in the sky, right here on the screen 🌙📱
AESTHETIC·001
Traditional
One lamp in focus, others fading behind 🕯️✨
AESTHETIC·002
Music Heals
When the room is dark and the music feels louder 🎧✨
SPOTTING·001
A Big Bird
සුරකිමු ලකඹර 💙💛 Sri Lanka Airforce.
MACRO·002
Dying Flower
Even in fading, there is beauty 🌼
ASTRO·002
Overcast Moon
Checking in on the neighbors 🔭
Design Archive

Designed
Experiments.

Posters, identities, interfaces — where code meets aesthetics.

Product Poster
Promotional
New Year Poster
Wishing Poster
Awurudu Poster
Social Media
Event Poster
Event Coverage
Product Promotion
Promotional Poster
Knowledge Stream

Thought
Logs.

Research notes, coding discoveries, and dispatches from the observatory.

About Me

Code by day.
Stars by night.

I'm Hiruja Edurapola — known as SJ. A 15-year-old builder from Sri Lanka who spends weekdays writing code, weekends stargazing, and every spare moment pushing pixels until something looks interesting.

I study at Sri Sumangala College, Panadura, and I founded Hiruja Studios and SJ Research Labs as my personal space to experiment, break things, and figure out how they work. I believe technology should be beautiful, fast, and built with curiosity.

🔭 Astronomy 👨🏽‍💻 Coding 📷 Photography 🎨 Graphic Design ♟️ Chess 🔥 Speedcubing 🎮 Gaming 🏎️ Formula 1 ✈️ Aviation 🦍 Kaiju
Timeline
2018
Introduction to Hardware
The time I got my hands on an arudino, and blinked an LED.
2021
First Lines of Code
Wrote my first HTML page. Immediately obsessed. Started learning web development intensively — CSS, JavaScript, all of it.
2024
Open Sourcer
Published first real works at SJ Research Labs, began serious astronomy observation. Launched SJ Trainer and Sneak.
2025
More Projects
Built Skyora — image enhancement without ML, purely math-driven. Shipped StudySync for students. Expanded into game development.
2026
Present: Building the Future
Exploring game dev with Godot, deepening software engineering skills, and working on what comes next.
Expertise

Skills &
Technologies

The tools I use to turn ideas into reality.

🌐
Web Development
HTML / CSS90%
JavaScript75%
React65%
Node.js60%
⚙️
Software & Programming
Python80%
Algorithms & Logic90%
Git & Version Control90%
C / C++50%
🎮
Game Development
Godot Engine60%
Game Design65%
GDScript55%
🔭
Astronomy & Research
Celestial Observation80%
Astrophotography70%
Research Documentation85%
🎨
Creative & Design
Photography80%
Video Editing75%
Graphic Design90%
UI / UX75%
♟️
Strategy & Problem Solving
Chess85%
Speedcubing (3×3)88%
Critical Thinking90%
Get In Touch

Let's Build
Something.

Whether it's a collab, a project idea, or just geeking out about space — I'm down.

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Location Panadura, Sri Lanka
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Contact +94 71 886 9216