I wouldn't call my criticism to the 'suckless' philosophy baseless. I think my comments below provides some reasons why I'm criticizing. This[0] might be called baseless criticism though.
> trying to rewrite complex projects into simpler ones without careful planning of how the new projects will handle complexity makes more inconsistent, divisioned ecosystems.
> Trying to cater to a large group of people will always be complex. And trying to cater to a large group of people is NOT the definition of ‘bloated’.
> trying to rewrite complex projects into simpler ones without careful planning of how the new projects will handle complexity makes more inconsistent, divisioned ecosystems.
> Trying to cater to a large group of people will always be complex. And trying to cater to a large group of people is NOT the definition of ‘bloated’.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14553552