# Architecture Astronaut

> A defect in which abstract frameworks, meta-models and architectural structure are built ahead of the concrete needs they should serve.

Record: `architecture:architecture-astronaut`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Enforcement Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/enforcement-core.md)
Severity: discouraged
Scope: model_governance, domain_boundary
Aliases: Over-Architecture
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology#architecture-architecture-astronaut

Listed in [Architecture principles](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/architecture.md), after [Big-Upfront Frozen Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/big-upfront-frozen-architecture.md) and before [Feature-Only Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/feature-only-design.md).

## Repair

- Refactored by: anchor_to_use_cases, prove_with_vertical_slice, delete_unused_generality, measure_delivery_cost
- Detected by: generic_platform_before_product_need, few_real_consumers, high_framework_workaround_count
- Violated by: Prefer abstract frameworks, taxonomies, meta-models, and generic engines over concrete user, domain, and operational needs.
- Measured by: generic components with few real consumers
- Enforced by: design review against real use cases

## Severity

- [discouraged](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/severity-discouraged.md)

## Category

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture-category/anti-patterns.md)

## Force

- [Domain boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/domain-boundary.md)
- [Model governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/model-governance.md)

## Negated by

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

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)
- [Severity levels](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-vocabulary-severity.md)
- [The forces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-forces.md)