# Specialized Optimization

> The degree to which optimizing for one implementation undermines the ability to swap implementations.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Simplicity for Trivial Reuse](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/simplicity-for-trivial-reuse.md) and before [Broken Inheritance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/broken-inheritance.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## In tension with

- [Interchangeability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/interchangeability.md)
- [Interchangeability / Specialized Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/interchangeability-specialized-optimization.md)

## Linked from

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)