What I believe about minimalism is that it has a *function*, and the function of minimalism is to show us what is unnecessary. The problem is if minimalism becomes an end in itself you will start cutting into things that weren't unnecessary at all. You missed the point.
https://twitter.com/Rather_Drawn/status/1402367139714060289
If X can stand without Y then you've learned something important about both X and Y. Alternately, if you attempt X without Y and it doesn't really work, you've learned something as well— even unsuccessful minimalism can be instructive, in this way.
Any minimalist work represents a theory, about what is signal and what is noise; minimalism is either successful or unsuccessful depending on how accurate its theory is. The problem is when unsuccessful minimalism becomes the basis of a product with 200M monthly active users
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