Comment by mehalter

If you haven't tried out AstroNvim v3.0 yet over the past couple years when you were playing around with AstroNvim I would definitely recommend trying it out. The new v3.0 release made a lot of improvements to the configuration structure to decrease abstraction and make things easier. Although, if you have a setup that you like with NvChad that's definitely a good approach as well. All comes down to personal preference.