# Initial Complexity

> The degree of upfront structural complexity introduced by defining ports and adapters.

Record: `lexicon:initial-complexity`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-initial-complexity

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Independent Scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/independent-scaling.md) and before [Integration Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/integration-overhead.md).

## Category

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)

## In tension with

- [Hexagonal Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/hexagonal-architecture.md)
- [Hexagonal Architecture / Initial Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/hexagonal-architecture-initial-complexity.md)

## Linked from

- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)
- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)