# Defer Generalization

> A technique for keeping concrete code until a second real variation shows what the abstraction must cover.

Record: `lexicon:defer-generalization`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-defer-generalization

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Vertical Slice Proof](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/vertical-slice-proof.md) and before [Validate Required Forces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/validate-required-forces.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [Speculative Generality](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/speculative-generality.md)
- [Premature Abstraction](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/premature-abstraction.md)
- [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)