>Minimalism is often a fantasy.

In the software world, yes. The question we should be asking is "Does this product need a touchscreen / app / web interface?" There is no "minimal" way to invoke the efforts of half of the world's FOSS (and other) software developers so that you can have a "beautifully" animated button to dispense coffee (yes, my workplace has a coffee maker with touchscreen, and I hate it).

As a software engineer who personally wrestles with this conundrum on a daily basis, I'd love to set up a "you don't need software" design agency.