# Excessive Configuration

> Requiring explicit configuration for everything instead of relying on sensible conventions.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Undefined Target](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/undefined-target.md) and before [Hardcoded Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hardcoded-behavior.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Convention over Configuration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/convention-over-configuration.md)

## Linked from

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