# Code as Data / Safety/Debuggability

> "code-as-data" (declarative-core layer) is traded against "Safety/Debuggability" (declarative-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Safety/Debuggability" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:code-as-data-safety-debuggability`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-code-as-data-safety-debuggability

## tensions-with

- [Code as Data](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/code-as-data.md)
- [Safety/Debuggability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/safety-debuggability.md)