# Handwritten Divergence

> Hand-editing generated code so it drifts from the model it came from, breaking regeneration.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Generated Implementations](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/generated-implementations.md) and before [Transformation Rules](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/transformation-rules.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Model-Driven Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/model-driven-architecture.md)

## Linked from

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