Make can be good but can also be quite tedious/verbose to get started. I actually prefer using the npm scripts and using the binary files in `./node_modules/.bin/{ webpack, babel, etc }`
Takes no time at all and there is no interface that can break like in gulp or grunt
I too used to do this, until I needed more complex things, or am trying to find a bug in my code and have to make a few small edits, save, run `npm run build` then refresh my browser, make changes, repeat step 40 times in a 15 minute timespan.
Or I can create a couple gulp tasks (which honestly, is easy as heck) then a watcher using livereload, and run `gulp watch` then just be done with it.
Takes no time at all and there is no interface that can break like in gulp or grunt