I forget what it's called but there's a mode you can put Little Snitch into that it allows whatever goes through and you can monitor it by opening and reviewing when you want. I think that's fairly similar to what mini does. This turns off all the nagging.

This is actually what I did last time I used Little Snitch, it helped a lot. When I installed a new app I'd use it for a bit, then review in LS and see what it was doing. From there I could allow or disallow whatever I needed.

It's sort of the reverse of "block everything until allowed"