# Evolution Principles

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

Record: `layer:evolution-principles`
Kind: layer
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#layer-evolution-principles

## contract

- [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/algo/evolution-principles.md)

## referenced-by

- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)
- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)