# Hardcoded Registration

> Registering components with hardcoded wiring instead of declaring them in a manifest.

Record: `lex:hardcoded-registration`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-hardcoded-registration

## category

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)

## referenced-by

- [Manifest-Based Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/manifest-based-design.md)