Although I can relate, I find the reasoning in the post a bit odd. For example:

> Starting a new project? Make sure to write your project idea down because by the time you are finished setting up the vast boilerplate you have probably forgotten it.

If it's a personal project (it doesn't sound like the author is talking about work-related projects), what's stopping the author with writing just good old HTML, CSS and JavaScript?

I said I could relate because a couple of years ago I was in a similar position, but a comment on Hacker News in a thread about JavaScript fatigue says that it doesn't have to be that way (apologies, it's been too long and I was a lurker back then and don't have it bookmarked). That was a liberating moment for me and I now just do whatever it's best on a case-by-case basis.