Well, if that's all you want, then sure, you don't gain much from using boilerplate. Boilerplate like create-react-app precisely hooks things together that are

Well, if that's all you want, then sure, you don't gain much from using boilerplate. Boilerplate like create-react-app precisely hooks things together that are nontrivial to glue together, and often come with additional polish you aren't going to research and invest in every project. So, I'd say "I think these do too much" misses the point of them.