9 engineers on Hacker News describe using Create React App first-hand: 4 endorse it, 2 regret it, 0 are mixed.
“Never again. The sheer amount of code behind CRA is... remarkable.”
regret · production · kingdomcome50 · 2021-02-04 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've got code in production for very large customers using it and I know of startups that are building complex products”
endorse · production · arcturus17 · 2020-12-21 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I'm used to create-react-app, which eliminates this exact scenario by always building in production mode”
endorse · production · dstaley · 2019-12-21 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I ejected my app, and I regret it. Re-loading ny app i to a new CRA harness seems possible but fiddly.”
regret · personal · the_other · 2019-12-05 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we replaced all of that with create-react-app ... Create React App gives you a zero configuration way”
endorse · production · computerex · 2017-11-10 · source ↗ · wrong label?“CRA serves three primary purposes: it allows React learners to set up an environment without having to learn Webpack and Babel first”
endorse · personal · acemarke · 2017-03-23 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Here are the differences I found from Create React App”
neutral · personal · Noumenon72 · 2024-10-17 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we've gone back to CRA and 'hand rolled' SSR to retain our sanity.”
neutral · production · 1_player · 2020-01-10 · source ↗ · wrong label?“At its core, it's a create-react-app project.”
neutral · production · keremkazan · 2018-12-05 · source ↗ · wrong label?