# 2025:Q4 Agenda 📅

**URL:** <https://discourse.eom.dev/t/2025-q4-agenda/348>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [October 6, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/2025-q4-agenda/348 "2025-10-06T16:33:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![eric](https://discourse.eom.dev/user_avatar/discourse.eom.dev/eric/32/610_2.png) [@eric](https://discourse.eom.dev/u/eric)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/2025-q4-agenda/348/3 "2025-12-19T17:44:14Z")

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# Reflection

[https://minio.eom.dev/public/Videos/2025-12-19\_11-50-03.mp4](https://minio.eom.dev/public/Videos/2025-12-19_11-50-03.mp4)

Services on eom.dev were first deployed at the beginning of 2025. Over the past year, I have developed the following basic workflow on this platform:

1. Live streams are hosted on [Owncast](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/owncast/436) using [OBS](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/obs/439)
2. Stream recordings are uploaded to [MinIO](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/minio/344) and [YouTube](https://youtube.com/c/EricOMeehan)
3. MinIO URLs are embedded into posts on [Discourse](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/discourse/71) and Gitea
4. I engage with external communities using [Mastodon](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/mastodon/111) and [Matrix](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/matrix/72)

In this stream, I am reviewing the products of that workflow and analyzing their performance in the content marketplace.

## Content

### #Gaming

- This has probably been the most popular thing on the platform
- Tried several open source games
  - [Luanti](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/luanti-season-ii-megathread/103) was the most popular
  - Had the opportunity to meet the lead developer for [Red Eclipse](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/red-eclipse/229)
  - [SuperTuxKart](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/supertuxkart/193) was fun for community events

### #Projects

- The platform itself is developing but generally stable
  - I have not been clear that [its purpose is to demo a reproducible model of self-publication for content creators](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/the-medium-is-the-message/81)

- Got WikiDeck running, but there was little engagement
- Have not worked on Mobipi, may take project in another direction
- The [ethanol distillation](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/ethanol-production-and-distillation/343) sparked discussions and was a
- [Kraken Currency Exchange](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/kraken-cryptocurrency-exchange/398)

### #hardware

- Potential source of income
  - No sales have been generated yet

- Good for SEO

### Misc.

- Moved to a new location in Raleigh, NC
- Some #Music content
- Some #Travel content

## Statistics

> [@Monetization dollar](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/monetization/345):
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> bookmark ITT we discuss how eom.dev makes money. This thread is intended both as an advertisement for my own business and a resource for other self-hosted content creators. Readers are encouraged to ask questions, offer advice, solicit business relations, and criticize the business practices of eom.dev. Contracts & Consultations eom.dev is both the home of @eric’s content and a demonstration of a generally applicable, self-hosted and open source platform for engineering and publishing. I…

### YouTube

- Uploaded a lot over the past year
- Views and subscriptions are trending downwards
- Quantity over quality
- Second channel for gaming content
- Earned $250 from monetization

### Discourse

- Started the platform this year
- Generally positive linear growth each month
- Small number of users, no subscribers
- Earned $0 through consultations, subscriptions, and affiliate links

## Community

I have met a number of people through both Luanti and the Fediverse, so I wanted to share a few of their links here as well:

> **[BT Free — Links](https://links.btfree.org)**
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> Find BT Free across the open web: TubeFree, btfree.social, Fireside Fedi, Works On My Machine, and more.

> **[BT Free — Links](https://links.btfree.org/)**
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> Find BT Free across the open web: TubeFree, btfree.social, Fireside Fedi, Works On My Machine, and more.

> **[LABR | Love a Brother Radio](https://labr.online/)**
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> LABR is an online stream for an international collective of contributors playing house adjacent eclectic genres and sounds that inspire us to live, love or act.

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