I've found it to be more of a cycle. The current trend in systems and interfaces is minimal with people taking it too far. It will swing back to more comprehens

I've found it to be more of a cycle. The current trend in systems and interfaces is minimal with people taking it too far. It will swing back to more comprehensive interfaces (ui, api, etc) when people get tired of not having anything and comprehensive will be back. The downside is that comprehensive interfaces will be taken too far (eg: the 1 api call to rule them all) and then people will introduce minimal again. Good system/interface design is rare, and good design works well regardless of the current trend.