# Abstraction / Simplicity

> "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.

Record: `tension:abstraction-simplicity`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-abstraction-simplicity

## tensions-with

- [Abstraction](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/abstraction.md)
- [Simplicity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/simplicity.md)