Configuration Externalization / Config Sprawl
Kind: tension
Record: tension:config-sprawl-configuration-externalization
Canonical: Schema
"configuration-externalization" (resource-core layer) is traded against "Config Sprawl" (resource-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Config Sprawl" and choosing an explicit operating point.
Listed in Tensions, after Protocol Independence / Protocol-Specific Features and before Immutable Infrastructure / Deploy Time.