# Speculative Generality

Record: `arch:speculative-generality`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Enforcement Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/enforcement-core.md)
Severity: discouraged
Scope: runtime_extensibility
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology#arch-speculative-generality

## Repair

- Refactored by: inline_abstraction, remove_unused_extension, defer_generalization, apply_minimum_viable_architecture
- Detected by: single_implementation_interface, unused_extension_point, config_never_varies, abstract_base_without_variants
- Violated by: Build abstractions, [extension points](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/extension-points.md), layers, or configuration for variation that has no evidence of existing or near-term need.

## referenced-by

- [Minimum Viable Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/minimum-viable-architecture.md)