# Explicit Handwritten Code

> Writing code out by hand explicitly rather than generating it, favoring directness and debuggability over reuse.

Record: `lexicon:explicit-handwritten-code`
Kind: approach
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-explicit-handwritten-code

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Boilerplate Elimination](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/boilerplate-elimination.md) and before [Reflection/AST/Code Generation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reflection-ast-code-generation.md).

## Category

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)

## In tension with

- [Metaprogramming](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/metaprogramming.md)
- [Metaprogramming / Explicit Handwritten Code](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/explicit-handwritten-code-metaprogramming.md)

## Linked from

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)