I agree with the author's core assertion that throwing too many decisions at a project right away makes it difficult to even get started. It increases the risk

I agree with the author's core assertion that throwing too many decisions at a project right away makes it difficult to even get started. It increases the risk of hitting analysis paralysis right away. I've rarely worked with Rails, but when I did, I really enjoyed its approach to sensible defaults, easily overridden if needed. I hope that's still available, and I think other frameworks benefit from following that approach.