Creating a new Strapi project is as simple as running the command `npx create-strapi-app my-project` in your terminal, and the latest version of Strapi v1.6.0 has been released with Node v4+ support, bringing compatibility with newer versions of Node that were previously incompatible due to the deprecation of Promise.defer() function, which has now been replaced by new Promise(). The team behind Strapi aims to focus on Strapi v3 and is putting maintenance efforts into v1, but this release marks a significant improvement for users.