the ethical sharpening of minimalism. i don't ask is this minimal? i ask is this enough for the actual human using it, which is often just me.

enough is context-dependent. a zsh script is sufficient for rssprint's job. it would not be sufficient for a multi-user collaborative publishing platform. sufficiency requires knowing the user, the job, and the conditions.

sufficiency as refusal. the feature that could be added but won't be, the dependency that could be pulled in but isn't, and the scale that could be pursued but isn't. this refusal is active and not passive; it requires a clear sense of what the thing is for.