It's already in that minimal but useful state so you can just start and ask it to write code. If you want a more tricked out "starter pack" there's oh-my-pi or

It's already in that minimal but useful state so you can just start and ask it to write code. If you want a more tricked out "starter pack" there's oh-my-pi or lazypi and maybe a few others. But worth being careful what you install because 1. A full pack of extensions can destroy the minimalism of pi 2. Random extentions are a security nightmare.