Recommendations to others considering Bower:
I would say bower is limited in it's capability but can still perform what it was designed to do, and that is managing frontend dependencies. If you think your project is within the boundary of just doing that, then go ahead, but it's relatively okay for a pet project. I wouldn't advise using this anymore for big projects as even the developers themselves have stopped maintaining the library! So you won't be getting any support you may need in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What problems is Bower solving and how is that benefiting you?
Bower installs the libraries and puts it in my frontent project public folder, which isn't ideal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.