Abstraction / Simplicity

Kind: tension

Record: tension:abstraction-simplicity

Canonical: Schema

"abstraction" (structural-core layer) is traded against "Simplicity" (human-factors layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Simplicity" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Listed in Tensions, after Information Hiding / Observability and before Modularity / Cross-Cutting Concerns.

In tension with

• Abstraction
• Simplicity

Mechanism

• irreducible-tradeoff

Linked from

• Core Modular Design
• Resolution mechanisms