There is "minimalist" and the "sweet spot", aka the reasonable spot. For instance, in the "web context" (should be a good language here on HN): For tons of on

There is "minimalist" and the "sweet spot", aka the reasonable spot. For instance, in the "web context" (should be a good language here on HN): For tons of online services, a noscript/basic (x)html is doing a good enough job, and that at a technical cost cosmically cheaper than Big Tech web engines (geeko/blink/webkit), not mentioning their beyond sanity SDK. In general, you cannot talk about "minimalist" without talking about "bloat-ist". Ofc, Big Tech and its minions will fight that, since planned obsolescence and absurd and grotesque size and complexity are their bread and butter.