# Configuration Externalization / Config Sprawl

> "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.

Record: `tension:config-sprawl-configuration-externalization`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-config-sprawl-configuration-externalization

## tensions-with

- [Configuration Externalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/configuration-externalization.md)
- [Config Sprawl](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/config-sprawl.md)