I also am. I love the simplicity of vue api, but I hate vue-cli, webpack(it is good because it's configurable and extensible, but it's overwhelmingly complex, a

I also am. I love the simplicity of vue api, but I hate vue-cli, webpack(it is good because it's configurable and extensible, but it's overwhelmingly complex, all the output formats are a pain to debug, I have never seen sourcemaps work in chrome developer tools) and single file components. That led me to create my own architecture to scaffold vue apps, which Evan You seems to hate. https://github.com/vuejs/vue/issues/8106 https://github.com/vuejs/vue/issues/8106 In this comment, I showcased some production apps running with this: https://github.com/vuejs/vue/issues/8106#issuecomment-386064203 https://github.com/vuejs/vue/issues/8106#issuecomment-386064... https://github.com/vuejs/vue/pull/8807 https://github.com/vuejs/vue/pull/8807 I have improved this architecture even further in new apps, but I hadn't time yet to update the "vue-generator" boilerplate.