# Readability/Maintainability

> The degree to which code stays readable and maintainable, sometimes sacrificed for performance.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Read-Your-Writes Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/read-your-writes-consistency.md) and before [Rebalancing Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/rebalancing-complexity.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/optimization.md)
- [Optimization / Readability/Maintainability](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/optimization-readability-maintainability.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)