What the author failed to mention is how much work it is to get all of these ad-hoc projects working together. Ember is a pretty cozy ecosystem in comparison.

What the author failed to mention is how much work it is to get all of these ad-hoc projects working together. Ember is a pretty cozy ecosystem in comparison. You get Babel, JSHint, npm and QUnit - out of the box. Most of which can be swapped out for your preferred libraries.