> Not sure if I'm the only one who feels this way, but it seems to me that many, if not most, JS starter kits are either over-engineered, or come with too much

> Not sure if I'm the only one who feels this way, but it seems to me that many, if not most, JS starter kits are either over-engineered, or come with too much out of the box. I think you'll have to be more specific. I don't find that to be the case for 'Create React App' for example. It's wonderfully curated and pretty amazing for both prototyping and for production ready apps. It also tries really hard to not be opinionated (e.g. no "global-state" library, no single choice of CSS preprocessor). > I have similar complaints about Polymer's PWA starter kit (which comes with an entire Redux setup and more) Yeah, that certainly sounds overly opinionated. Redux should never be a 'default choice'. > If you're just prototyping a game concept, you probably don't need a module bundler/Webpack at the start of your project Kinda disagree here. I basically always want modules, even when prototyping.