I know that this is tongue in cheek , but shouldn't we give the maintainers time to solve the documentation before we start complaining too much? The changes they are making seems to make sense to me. They are adopting patterns that the community uses and provide solutions to hacks that have emerged from real needs. Webpack was in my opinion already simple, and it's getting simpler every release. I can't imagine the horrible mess I would have if I went back to gulp.