I find it extremely useful to have a base foundation to start an app. Doing all of the mundane gem integrations and standard set-up is not fun. I agree that i

I find it extremely useful to have a base foundation to start an app. Doing all of the mundane gem integrations and standard set-up is not fun. I agree that it's a challenge to keep the base app updated with improvements from the forks. I have repo on github that could benefit from some cherry-picking. It's great for working on multiple projects at the same time. You never have to go digging to see how the basics work, you just know. On top of that, my clients save at least a few days of work.