- create-react—app or Parcel bundler, both of which require zero config. CRA is easiest but I’m not a fan of their defaults for Typescript (which is to prevent the app loading in dev if you have any tslint or compiler errors, even if they are just warnings) so once I’ve messed around fixing that, it’s almost just as easy to use Parcel.

- For website projects, I use react-static as a static site generator as it can handle all your data loading, bundle splitting, server side rendering, etc. for you automatically. It’s best to start your project with react-static rather than retrofitting it, they have a command line tool to set up a new project so this is usually instead of CRA/Parcel. Gatsby is probably an equally valid choice, react-static seemed a little simpler to me and I’ve been happy so far but Gatsby community seems larger.

- I’ve not used Redux for a couple of years now, instead using MobX for application state. Personally I find it so much quicker and easier to use, although it is undeniably more “magic”. Honestly think this is one of the biggest productivity enabling changes I’ve made since switching to React.

- Personally I’m a fan of Typescript, while it can be a bit of a pain initially, I think you reap the rewards as a project progresses in terms of ability to refactor easily and avoid wasting time on syntax errors.