Glad to hear it’ll keep going strong, any post starting with “Future of […]” has me worried 😅
melonDS DS for RetroArch: https://github.com/JesseTG/melonds-ds
There is also a so called “Remake of melonDS” as a core for RetroArch. It has some enhancements such as rotate between multiple screen layouts, but also misses features. So if you are using RetroArch, you definitely want to check that one out.