# Platform-Specific Coupling

> Binding code to one platform's APIs and assumptions, so it cannot run elsewhere without rewriting.

Record: `lexicon:platform-specific-coupling`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Resource Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/resource-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-platform-specific-coupling

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Platform Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/platform-optimization.md) and before [Cross-Platform Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cross-platform-deployment.md).

## Category

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)

## Negated by

- [Portability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/portability.md)

## Linked from

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)