# How I Choose My Projects

**URL:** <https://noobish.me/t/how-i-choose-my-projects/573>\
**Category:** Biz Ops\
**Created:** [May 18, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://noobish.me/t/how-i-choose-my-projects/573 "2023-05-18T22:55:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![nOObish](https://noobish.me/user_avatar/noobish.me/noobish/32/13_2.png) [@nOObish](https://noobish.me/u/nOObish)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://noobish.me/t/how-i-choose-my-projects/573/1 "2023-05-18T22:55:29Z")

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My over all mission is simplifying technical things for less-technical people, to lower the learning curves and the costs of entry.

At the same time I want to maximize my returns on my time and resources invested.

### My current projects:

#### Discourse

The very most awesome open source platform for building, managing, and participating in online communities.

> What I’m working on:
> 
> Tutorial for deploying multiple instances of Discourse on a single VPS using CloudPanel (an open source cPanel alternative.)
> 
> I’m doing this → over on the Discourse Meta forum…
> 
> → [Install Discourse on CloudPanel - Sysadmins - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-cloudpanel/266422) ←

This is a good investment in my time and energy because:

- Discourse is a superior forum and community building platform with no competition in the marketplace
- I enjoy working with non-profits and other community-minded people
- I enjoy working with the robust and friendly online developers’ community
- Discourse system administrators are currently in high demand as this platform rapidly propagates
- The addition of reverse proxies as a feature in (the free) CloudPanel enables a new, more simplified way to install, host, and manage multiple instances of Discourse on one VPS.

Niche: It appears that I’m the only person providing this lower learning curve and lower cost of entry, so competition is non-existent.

#### Ghost

The most simple, most efficient, and most flexible open source website platform for the common person as well as content creators.

Tutorial…

> [@Ghost CMS on CloudPanel - Install & Configure](https://noobish.me/t/ghost-cms-on-cloudpanel-install-configure/575):
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> CloudPanel with Ghost Why might you want to install a Ghost Blog on a VPS or Dedicated Server running [CloudPanel](https://www.cloudpanel.io/)? Here are my reasons: I prefer to use a graphical interface for server and site administration. I’ve used most of the [web hosting control panels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_hosting_control_panels) at one time or another. In comparison to the rest, CloudPanel is very slim and minimal and uncluttered. It has every feature I need, presented very simply and intuitively. And that’s it. It has nothing I don’t need. I develop and host and…