>gutted all the needless features in order to produce the small programs I want. Which is fine for you to do of course but it is probably inaccurate to assign

>gutted all the needless features in order to produce the small programs I want. Which is fine for you to do of course but it is probably inaccurate to assign no value to the code you are removing. Someone took the time to write it. People don't spend their time writing code for no reason. That code may have no value to you personally but it has value to someone.