Oh, what was the point of this thread anyway???
The point of the original post, as I see it, is an attempt to understand how/why different divers view ‘poking their nose’ into deco.
You won’t find total agreement on anything on this board but you can usually get away with saying that 10 (maybe 15 minutes) of deco could be seen as the extreme end of light/lite deco.
As for the various algorithms, they all look the same to me when you are only 10 minutes into deco. So I really don’t care much about the basic algorithms. My choice is to get a well-organized DC that will happily do deco and program it midrange between super conservative and overly aggressive and use whatever happens to be the default algorithm. Yes, of course, it is a Shearwater. Much more power than I will ever need, but it is beautifully organized, one gets the hang of it very quickly.
So to the OP, note how often threads are started by one's search for a more aggressive DC or their ranting about another stupidly conservative DC. These are divers who view deco as a forbidden zone. So they make accommodations by finding an aggressive DC that will push the wall further than a conservative DC will. This is fine. Lots of people do just that.
There are other divers who just want a compliant non-aggressive DC and are quite willing to pay the price of a mandatory stop for the extra downtime gotten by going into light deco.
Finally, with respect to being overly technical, all you need to know is how fast you consume gas at various depths. That is the basis of gas planning. If I go into light deco then I need enough back gas for the whole trip including stop(s). I also need a personal source of redundant gas. I am not supposed to do a direct ascent while in deco so bring enough gas for your plan on your back, the pony just comes along for the ride.