[incadenza]

Yeah, I have a similar feeling.

At this point I have a repo that I keep somewhat up to date and then fork the repo for any new projects.

Every time I start a new express app I feel like I'm working at the 'wrong level of abstraction' to put it in Dan Abramov's words about the React ecosystem. I end up writing the same boilerplate over and over.

The only solution I have is a bare bones repo that I keep up to date myself. Not a great solution, but it's a solution.