It kind of sounds like we're saying opposite things.
You're talking about the minimum necessary for just drawing a triangle, as if that's what "hello triangle" means. That's nothing. That's pointless.
The construction of hello triangle program marks the end of setup, and the beginning of actual work.
Skipping parts because they're boilerplate, or don't directly serve to draw the triangle, defeats the purpose. That's like typing the words "hello world" into notepad because it's faster than setting up an IDE.
