# Duplicate Until the Pattern Stabilizes

> A technique for tolerating a small duplication until enough cases exist to show the shared shape.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Remove Pattern Shell](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/remove-pattern-shell.md) and before [Measure Delivery Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/measure-delivery-cost.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

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

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)