# Point-to-Point Coupling

> Coupling a sender directly to a specific receiver, so adding a consumer requires changing the sender.

Record: `lex:point-to-point-coupling`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-point-to-point-coupling

## category

- [Event Messaging Async](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/event-messaging-async.md)

## referenced-by

- [Message Broker](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/message-broker.md)