# Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP) / Runtime Indirection

> "dependency-inversion" (structural-core layer) is traded against "Runtime Indirection" (structural-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Runtime Indirection" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:dependency-inversion-principle-dip-runtime-indirection`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-dependency-inversion-principle-dip-runtime-indirection

## tensions-with

- [Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP)](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/dependency-inversion.md)
- [Runtime Indirection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/runtime-indirection.md)