First, as a learning experience it's easier. In the HN bubble it's easy to forget most web project out there don't even have npm installed. I regularly train

First, as a learning experience it's easier. In the HN bubble it's easy to forget most web project out there don't even have npm installed. I regularly train dev that just learn what ajax means. Secondly, a lot of my projects just don't need anything else. If i have a 2 weeks contract with a client, i'm not going to setup webpack, a ci server and docker. Having the choice to scale up or down is an amazing feature.