The problem with this post, and other "WordPressis too complex" posts like it, is that WordPress did not intially start off this way. Wordprrss was originially a simple blog. Once Barley gets enough users, people will want it to do more and more things until it becomes yet another blog turned CMS platform.
As for me, I use Jekyll and disqus because I'm just one guy.
jinushaun: We agree. Sort of our company mantra is "we have a passion for saying no" which means, to us at least, that we think we have the ability to say no to new features that do not fit who we think our target is. Time will tell if we're able to do it.
That being said, all software and services as they age begin to suffer from scope creep and feature bloat. Then it will be time again for something new.
As for me, I use Jekyll and disqus because I'm just one guy.