In fairness, I think we’ve all taken a look at our project’s package.json and wondered where in the hell the front-enders in our org get this shit. But generally, when you look through their trendy set of libraries and the gulp workflows running it, it’s typically fairly sensical. I find a lot of times, this kind of thing is a team member or two trying to enhance their dev experience, and while it can be hit-or-miss it’s not like people don’t do these things in other areas. I think all developers get wrapped up bulking out their areas of concern, and if we’re not careful other people won’t be able to make heads-or-tales of it. So when they use your projects, they should be able to just drop right in without a bunch of specialized knowledge. I think this is why it’s important to add libraries sparingly, and to automate everything you can, as that removes barriers to entry for people just trying to cling on to life.