Show HN: Server.js – A modern Express alternative
Rather than changing express's syntax, I would much rather have a better express boilerplate generator with an opinionated stack with good documentation/justification.I recently started learning express/node and wasted weeks googling for blog posts for each dependency to figure out how to configure them. I guess this is somewhat valuable for end-to-end understanding but not for productivity.There are a bunch dependencies I am now kind of decided on  (not for technical reasons, but because they are clear popularity contest winners) and figured out how use:    body-parser
    compression
    serve-favicon
    express-session
    csurf
    helmet
    cors
    dotenv
    moment
    selfsigned
    chalk
    debug

But still a bunch that I haven't gotten to googling and still need to decide on what to choose:    logging (morgan vs winston)
    validation (express-validator, joi)
    auth (passport jwt, local, social)
    session storage (redis vs keeping it in database?)
    database (mongo/mongoose vs pg/knex/bookshelf/sequelize, graphql)
    storage (s3 vs gcs)
    ajax requests (request vs axios)
    mail (mailgun, sendgrid, mailchimp)
    error handlers
    rate limiting
    geo ip

I would be so happy if someone took away my power to choose and just forced me to use something that will "just work".