ylipurkamisen
Ylipurkamisen is a term used in Finnish-language discussions of design, engineering, and organizational change to describe the practice or outcome of removing or deconstructing components, processes, or features beyond what is necessary or beneficial. The word combines yli- meaning “over” with purkaminen, which can mean dismantling, unpacking, or deconstruction, conveying the sense of excessive simplification or pruning.
The term is found in professional and academic discourse in Finland, where it is used to discuss
Common manifestations include excessive removal of abstraction layers, over-decomposition of systems, elimination of safeguards or redundancy,
Critics emphasize that the concept is context-dependent and subjective. What constitutes beneficial simplification in one setting
See also: over-optimization, modularity, simplification, minimalism.