Thank you for introducing me to the concept/term Ascetic programming. Not sure how widely used it is, but I find it more fitting for what I try to do than minimalistic or KISS.
Also, it is great to see someone write
> I noticed that ASCII STL loading was really quite slow.
> From startup to showing the window, it took over 1.8 seconds!
I always find pleasure seeing projects which highlight just how fast modern computers really are.