That's what every sane developer does and has been doing since the beginning of Node.js including tj (of express.js, koa, ... fame) [1] so you're in good compan

That's what every sane developer does and has been doing since the beginning of Node.js including tj (of express.js, koa, ... fame) [1] so you're in good company. I remember a hilarious comment about "build systems becoming obsolete in year" (supposedly referring to the like of webpack, babel, grunt/gulp/broccoli, css.next if anyone is actually using it, etc.). The newest trend as of a year ago is to ... use shell scripting [2]. [1]: https://github.com/tj/mmake https://github.com/tj/mmake [2]: https://medium.freecodecamp.com/why-i-left-gulp-and-grunt-for-npm-scripts-3d6853dd22b8#.46l5dorj2 https://medium.freecodecamp.com/why-i-left-gulp-and-grunt-fo...