Evolution Principles

Kind: algorithm

Layer: Evolution Principles

Record: algorithms:evolution-principles

Canonical: Algorithms

Closure: Dependencies in load order

The rules governing how a system changes over time — no backward-compat cruft, no deprecation debt, no legacy retention, no 'for now'.

Listed in Algorithm contracts, after Correctness Core and before Resource Core.

Domain

• Architectural Clusters

Tier

• exempt

Principle

• Evolutionary Architecture

Composed by

• Forward Compatibility Over Backward Compatibility
• Explicit Removal Over Deprecation
• Greenfield Over Legacy
• Now Over For-Now
• Compression Over Repetition
• Approved Evolution Over Unapproved
• Versioned Evolution Over Breaking Change
• Pattern By Fit Over Speculative Pattern

Contract of

• Evolution Principles

Linked from

• Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts
• Architectural Rules
• Domain tiers
• The layer topology