# Implementation Simplicity

> The degree to which code stays simple and clear, sometimes traded against maximal efficiency.

Record: `lexicon:implementation-simplicity`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-implementation-simplicity

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Environment Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/environment-drift.md) and before [Measurement Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/measurement-overhead.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## In tension with

- [Algorithmic Efficiency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/algorithmic-efficiency.md)
- [Algorithmic Efficiency / Implementation Simplicity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/algorithmic-efficiency-implementation-simplicity.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)