Atul Jalan
atuljalan.bsky.social
Atul Jalan
@atuljalan.bsky.social
Founder of Compose, the developer SDK for building internal tools fast.

https://composehq.com
I overhauled Compose's onboarding. Why?

Compose's conversion is terrible. People sign up, click around for 30 seconds, then disappear never to be seen again

Getting onboarding right for dev tools is hard. Users have to figure out how to integrate your tool into their stack before getting any value
June 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Dark mode.

In 2025, dark mode is now a requirement for any professional software.

Every Compose app you build supports dark mode out of the box, no configuration required
January 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Pagination.

Adding server-side pagination can take days to do right, but is necessary for any dataset with more than a few thousand rows.

With Compose, you just query your data source and pass it to the SDK. It *just works*, no matter how many millions of rows.
January 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Bar charts.

Beautiful, customizable, and performant beyond thousands of bars.

Build it in less than 20 lines in your backend.
January 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Super excited to finally share Compose's January release 🚀

The mission has always been to abstract the complexity of building internal tools into a simple SDK that *just works*, no matter what you're building.

This update is all about that 🧵
January 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
one of the most loved features of compose is making admin dashboards realtime

this is the code for a dashboard that auto-updates when new users sign up:
December 18, 2024 at 11:22 PM