# Unbounded Big Ball of Mud

> Letting a system grow without structure into a tangled mass with no clear boundaries.

Record: `lex:unbounded-big-ball-of-mud`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-unbounded-big-ball-of-mud

## category

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)

## referenced-by

- [Monolith Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/monolith-architecture.md)