i dont really understand you. whether it’s resolve, premiere or avid mc, all you would need for super basic quick edits are 6 hotkeys: in- and out points, insert, overwrite, next and previous clip.
if you want to become a decent efficient editor, you learn the hotkeys for scrubbing, extending clips, cutting left and right from the playhead, moving clips x amount of frames.
if you just use those, you will never have to use your mouse, nor a menu, and thus will never feel any perceived bloat. pure user error from your part.