None of this stuff violates the "rules" defined in the article. This isn't minimalism, it seems to be about making the formatting simple and purposeful.
The sites that do the things you list are horrid because they just throw libraries at the problem.
You want a simple blog just to share your ideas and that’s it.
Okay, will add one email sign up form so people can know when I update the blog.
Oh, if they prefer Twitter I should have a link to my twitter so they can add that and know when I update.
Well, I retweet stuff of interest so I should have a small twitter feed on the side, adds content.
How will people find my old stuff? I’ll put an archive link.
Oh, there are so many topics I should link by topic and organize it in a tree structure.
Well some links are way more popular so I’ll style them so people see them.
I should also have a search.
What if people want to sort according to their own criteria?
How about a feedback rating?
Might need nested comments.