diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6d9771925a..e6ad04316da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -66,6 +66,26 @@ pkgs/.stack
 .psc-ide-port
 .dir-locals.el
 
+# Frontend generated files (NPM/Yarn, Spago, generated PS, etc.)
+# N.B. officially we use NPM; ignoring Yarn files allows the local use of Yarn for those that want
+**/generated
+**/generated/
+**/generated-docs/
+**/node_modules/
+**/output/
+**/yarn-error.log
+**/yarn.lock
+**/.psci_modules/
+**/.psc-package/
+**/.psc-package2nix/
+**/.spago/
+**/.spago2nix/
+
+# Backend config files
+marlowe-playground-server/playground.yaml
+plutus-playground-server/playground.yaml
+plutus-scb/plutus-scb.yaml
+
 # Misc
 .history/
 .virtualenv
@@ -78,10 +98,8 @@ TAGS
 *.tfvars
 gh-pages
 .importify/
-marlowe-playground-server/playground.yaml
 .envrc
 *.org
-plutus-scb/plutus-scb.yaml
 *.db
 *.db-shm
 *.db-wal
diff --git a/marlowe-playground-client/.gitignore b/marlowe-playground-client/.gitignore
index 4cf8ae62ff4..339d4bde792 100644
--- a/marlowe-playground-client/.gitignore
+++ b/marlowe-playground-client/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-/node_modules/
-/output/
-/generated/
-/.psci_modules/
-/generated-docs/
-/.psc-package/
-/.psc-package2nix/
-/.spago/
-/.spago2nix/
+# FIXME: @michaelpj to remove this in favour of root .giignore file
+# once he figures out what's going on with nix-gitignore
+generated
+generated/
+generated-docs/
+node_modules/
+output/
+yarn-error.log
+yarn.lock
+.psci_modules/
+.psc-package/
+.psc-package2nix/
+.spago/
+.spago2nix/
diff --git a/plutus-playground-client/.gitignore b/plutus-playground-client/.gitignore
index 4cf8ae62ff4..339d4bde792 100644
--- a/plutus-playground-client/.gitignore
+++ b/plutus-playground-client/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-/node_modules/
-/output/
-/generated/
-/.psci_modules/
-/generated-docs/
-/.psc-package/
-/.psc-package2nix/
-/.spago/
-/.spago2nix/
+# FIXME: @michaelpj to remove this in favour of root .giignore file
+# once he figures out what's going on with nix-gitignore
+generated
+generated/
+generated-docs/
+node_modules/
+output/
+yarn-error.log
+yarn.lock
+.psci_modules/
+.psc-package/
+.psc-package2nix/
+.spago/
+.spago2nix/
diff --git a/plutus-playground-server/.gitignore b/plutus-playground-server/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fb2b8e0b90..00000000000
--- a/plutus-playground-server/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-.stack-work/
-*~
-/playground.yaml
diff --git a/plutus-scb-client/.gitignore b/plutus-scb-client/.gitignore
index 4cf8ae62ff4..339d4bde792 100644
--- a/plutus-scb-client/.gitignore
+++ b/plutus-scb-client/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-/node_modules/
-/output/
-/generated/
-/.psci_modules/
-/generated-docs/
-/.psc-package/
-/.psc-package2nix/
-/.spago/
-/.spago2nix/
+# FIXME: @michaelpj to remove this in favour of root .giignore file
+# once he figures out what's going on with nix-gitignore
+generated
+generated/
+generated-docs/
+node_modules/
+output/
+yarn-error.log
+yarn.lock
+.psci_modules/
+.psc-package/
+.psc-package2nix/
+.spago/
+.spago2nix/
diff --git a/web-common/.gitignore b/web-common/.gitignore
index c0d42ef38aa..d59d5371441 100644
--- a/web-common/.gitignore
+++ b/web-common/.gitignore
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-/bower_components/
-/node_modules/
-/.pulp-cache/
-/output/
-/generated-docs/
-/.psc-package/
-/.psc*
-/.purs*
-/.psa*
-/.spago
-/.spago2nix/
+# FIXME: @michaelpj to remove this in favour of root .giignore file
+# once he figures out what's going on with nix-gitignore
+**/generated
+**/generated/
+**/generated-docs/
+**/node_modules/
+**/output/
+**/yarn-error.log
+**/yarn.lock
+**/.psci_modules/
+**/.psc-package/
+**/.psc-package2nix/
+**/.spago/
+**/.spago2nix/