One year of Junk Store Pro: cutting loose from Decky Loader, rebuilding everything ourselves, and 113 days without a breakage

Kia ora Everyone!

A year ago today we shipped Junk Store Pro v2.0, with version 3 arriving about four months back. Eben rarely stops to look back, but a year felt worth marking.

The big change was cutting loose from Decky Loader, which meant taking on all the plumbing the Decky team used to handle ourselves. Thousands of hours later, by version 3 it's basically all our own code now, which is why it's held so steady.

Since then Eben has rebuilt the store clients from the ground up, added itch, and the File Manager has turned into something he's properly proud of. The tracker is at 113 days now with nothing broken across 11 Steam updates.

The full reflection is up if you'd like a read. No promises on what's next, but there's plenty still on the workbench.

Cheers,

Annie and Eben (aka The Junk Store Team)