I think that edge can play a big part in the development ecosystem if it’s being utilized, maintained and improved over time. And ergo-play-boilerplate can give newcomers barebone code to jump into the world of ergo development and get their feet wet super quickly.
Edge - https://github.com/Ergo-Lend/edge Ergo-play-boilerplate - https://github.com/kii-dot/ergo-play-boilerplate