# Principle of Least Surprise / Clever Abstractions

> "principle-of-least-surprise" (contracts-core layer) is traded against "Clever Abstractions" (contracts-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Clever Abstractions" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:clever-abstractions-principle-of-least-surprise`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-clever-abstractions-principle-of-least-surprise

## tensions-with

- [Principle of Least Surprise](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/principle-of-least-surprise.md)
- [Clever Abstractions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/clever-abstractions.md)