Understanding Qubes: Why is it not a problem to have many apps in the template?

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Debian-10-minimal Configuration

I’m interested in converting as many of my Debian AppVMs as possible to debian-10-minimal-template to reduce their attack surface, and then documenting how to get to an ideal configuration for each qube function, so that other noob-intermediate users can also use the minimal template. The docs didn’t give me a good idea of how much tinkering would be required. So my question is twofold - Would anybody be interested in collaborating to document Debian-10-minimal configuration for different pop…