# Design by Contract / Development Speed

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

Record: `tension:design-by-contract-development-speed`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-design-by-contract-development-speed

## tensions-with

- [Design by Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/design-by-contract.md)
- [Development Speed](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/development-speed.md)