# Metadata-Driven Design / Debuggability

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

Record: `tension:debuggability-metadata-driven-design`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-debuggability-metadata-driven-design

## tensions-with

- [Metadata-Driven Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/metadata-driven-design.md)
- [Debuggability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/debuggability.md)