> you end up spending time maintaining your template, losing much of the benefit of the template
It really depends on whether or not you start a lot of new projects. If you're a Rails dev shop that does a wide variety of apps on a regular basis, then the N=1 cost of maintaining the template is well worth the per-project getting-started cost.
It really depends on whether or not you start a lot of new projects. If you're a Rails dev shop that does a wide variety of apps on a regular basis, then the N=1 cost of maintaining the template is well worth the per-project getting-started cost.