As a big fan of suckless software I can agree. While I understand the reasoning behind it, that configuration files are awful and introduce needless dependencie

As a big fan of suckless software I can agree. While I understand the reasoning behind it, that configuration files are awful and introduce needless dependencies and make it too easy to leave a design decision up to the user as a config option rather than just picking the right choice for them, having to recompile software is a problem. The biggest issue is package management. I maintain local forks of some AUR packages for st and surf (the suckless terminal and web browser). It was a lot more work to set up than the single command that installing software should be, and I don't get automatic updates. But if suckless maybe takes their fight against bloat too far, it's only because hardly anyone else seems to care at all.