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But your buildout "now ended up requiring Haskell (GHC, Pandoc), Java, Python 2, Python 3, lxml, pyquery and YUI Compressor for my site to build!"

I don't think I'd call something that was built in 3 languages, one with two versions, as minimalist.

Those are just tools. A means to an end. The end result is minimal. In essence, it is only one small Makefile, which calls various external scripts.

Much like in life, where minimalism often involves more work. It is harder to design something simple, then something complex.