I use Cookiecutter for scaffolding but only with templates I’ve written myself. Pre-existing templates may be more powerful and less buggy but I prefer to keep

I use Cookiecutter for scaffolding but only with templates I’ve written myself. Pre-existing templates may be more powerful and less buggy but I prefer to keep unneeded dependencies out of my projects. Writing my own templates also forces me to learn how everything fits together (and how sometimes it doesn’t). The trade-off has been worth it for me so far.