I am currently starting up with Angular and have wondered the same things. It's why I have considered looking into Ember because there a few large production apps using Ember and it makes it easier to trust the framework. I am starting to enjoy Angular though. So it's tough to figure out.

I made prototype apps in both Ember and Angular for my project. The Ember experience was more pleasant for me, but the team decided for Angular. I can see that either will work for our (CRUD/REST) app. And additionally, using tools like Sublime Text + jhint and test suites will ease out some of the rough edges of Angular.