If you go that route, you might prefer creating a simple shell script to launch julia using the --project /path/to/my/project argument.
You can also check out my module “ConventionalApp.jl”:
→ [ANN] ConventionalApp.jl
You don’t HAVE to use ConventionalApp.jl. It is basically just a utility module to help you create bash files, etc. But it gives you a solution on how conventional applications can be “generated”/launched in a somewhat practical manner.
Note that ConventionalApp.jl also cleans up the LOAD_PATH (removes unnecessary "@v#.#" “project” from the environment stack).