How I built GitHub Store to 12,500 stars in 6 months — I started at 16
Six months ago I was a 16-year-old in Uzbekistan trying to ship a small Android app I'd built. The Play Store process was so heavy for what the project was worth, I built an alternative instead.
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Sara
This is seriously impressive, especially the speed of growth and starting so early. What’s interesting is how much momentum there is right now around alternative app stores and cross-platform distribution. It feels like more developers are questioning the traditional ecosystems and experimenting with new models. I’ve been exploring a similar space with https://unstore.io , a web-based app store focused on free games, security, and distribution across Android and Windows.