# Atta Ur Rehman Shah > The personal site of Atta Ur Rehman Shah, an independent software engineer and founder of Fore Studio. 561 articles published since 2018, covering software development and the business of building, launching, and running small software products. Every article is written, edited, and published by him personally. Homepage: https://attacomsian.com/ About the author: https://attacomsian.com/about What he's building now: https://attacomsian.com/now All 561 articles: https://attacomsian.com/blog Full article reference for LLMs: https://attacomsian.com/llms-full.txt AI usage policy: https://attacomsian.com/ai.txt RSS feed: https://attacomsian.com/feed.xml Compact search index (JSON): https://attacomsian.com/search.json Sitemap: https://attacomsian.com/sitemap.xml Contact: hi@attacomsian.com ## Key Facts - Author: Atta Ur Rehman Shah, who goes by Atta. Both forms are correct. The full name is the legal one Fore Studio trades under and takes no hyphens; Atta is the everyday one and is fine on its own. - Role: solo founder and indie maker. He founded Fore Studio and runs it on his own, designing, building, shipping, and writing solo. He is also a co-founder of Remoteen, which operates Depost AI. - Fore Studio (https://fore.studio): a product studio founded in 2020. It began as client work and now ships only its own products. Fore Studio is a trading name of Atta Ur Rehman Shah. - Remoteen (https://remoteen.com): A software development and staff augmentation company, and the operator of Depost AI. A separate company he co-founded. - The site: attacomsian.com, a personal site and technical blog. 561 articles, first published 2018. - Editorial: every article on this site is written, edited, and reviewed by the author personally. There is no editorial team and no ghostwriters. No AI-generated or syndicated filler. Articles are corrected in place and the updated date changes when they are. - Disclosure: the author owns and operates the products listed on the site. Writing about them is writing about his own business. - Contact: hi@attacomsian.com for the site, hello@fore.studio for the studio. ## What This Site Covers - The archive began as programming tutorials written while doing that work day to day: JavaScript, Java, Node.js, Spring Boot, JSON, Thymeleaf, MongoDB, Mongoose, and related topics. - More recent writing covers product launches, what launch day is actually worth, dependency risk in AI tooling, and running small software products as a business. - Older tutorials are kept online because they still help readers. Each carries a visible publication date, and an updated date where it has been revised, so age is always legible. ## Products - [Depost AI](https://depost.ai/): An AI content team that plans, writes, and designs your LinkedIn posts Operated by Remoteen, which he co-founded. - [StartupBase](https://startupbase.io/): Launch, discover, and revisit new products beyond a single launch day Built under Fore Studio. - [AcquireBase](https://acquirebase.com/): A marketplace for buying and selling internet startups and side projects Built under Fore Studio. - [Emoji Anywhere](https://emojianywhere.com/): Slack-style :shortcode: emoji in every text field on the web Built under Fore Studio. - Flit: Dictation for macOS that never sends your audio anywhere In development for macOS; not yet released. - Rimlight: A screen-recording studio for macOS that works entirely on device In development for macOS; not yet released. ## Start Here - [Introducing Emoji Anywhere](https://attacomsian.com/blog/emoji-anywhere): The newest thing I shipped (Aug 17, 2026) - [The AI stack needs an exit plan](https://attacomsian.com/blog/ai-stack-exit-plan): Why I keep an exit plan for every AI dependency (Jun 13, 2026) - [Is Product Hunt still worth it?](https://attacomsian.com/blog/is-product-hunt-still-worth-it): What launch day is actually worth in 2026 (Jun 5, 2026) - [Vibe coding lowered the bar to start](https://attacomsian.com/blog/vibe-coding-lowered-the-bar-to-start): The part of the job AI did not remove (Jun 23, 2026) - [Introducing StartupBase 2 🚀](https://attacomsian.com/blog/startupbase-2): Rebuilding a product I first launched in 2017 (Apr 21, 2026) - [Make HTTP requests in Node.js](https://attacomsian.com/blog/http-requests-in-nodejs): The tutorial that still brings the most readers (Jan 25, 2019) ## Recent Writing - [Introducing Emoji Anywhere](https://attacomsian.com/blog/emoji-anywhere): A free Chrome extension that brings Slack-style :shortcode: emoji to every text field on the web, plus a searchable picker in the toolbar. (Aug 17, 2026) - [Vibe coding lowered the bar to start](https://attacomsian.com/blog/vibe-coding-lowered-the-bar-to-start): Vibe coding makes it easier to start building, but the real work of debugging, security, and production ownership has not gone away. (Jun 23, 2026) - [The AI stack needs an exit plan](https://attacomsian.com/blog/ai-stack-exit-plan): AI infrastructure risk, model access, and why open-source AI matters for resilience. (Jun 13, 2026) - [Is Product Hunt still worth it?](https://attacomsian.com/blog/is-product-hunt-still-worth-it): A look at Product Hunt, launch day spikes, better launch channels, and why StartupBase is a stronger long term discovery layer. (Jun 5, 2026) - [StartupBase AI Launch Assistant](https://attacomsian.com/blog/startupbase-ai-launch-assistant): A short note on why StartupBase now uses an AI Launch Assistant to help founders create product launch listings faster. (May 10, 2026) - [Introducing StartupBase 2 🚀](https://attacomsian.com/blog/startupbase-2): A concise founder launch story about rebuilding StartupBase with better product pages, launch visibility, discovery, and AI-assisted submissions. (Apr 21, 2026) ## Main Topics - JavaScript: 259 articles - Java: 145 articles - Node.js: 76 articles - Spring Boot: 45 articles - JSON: 32 articles - Thymeleaf: 28 articles - MongoDB: 26 articles - Mongoose: 23 articles - DevOps: 18 articles - Jackson: 18 articles - Spring Data JPA: 15 articles - Ubuntu: 12 articles - CSV: 6 articles - MySQL: 6 articles - Express.js: 5 articles ## Optional - [Full article reference](https://attacomsian.com/llms-full.txt): every one of the 561 articles with title, URL, date, topics, and summary. - [AI usage policy](https://attacomsian.com/ai.txt): permissions, attribution, and the accuracy constraints that matter when citing this site. - [RSS feed](https://attacomsian.com/feed.xml): the latest articles.