# Explicit Contracts / Rapid Prototyping

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

Record: `tension:explicit-contracts-rapid-prototyping`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-explicit-contracts-rapid-prototyping

## tensions-with

- [Explicit Contracts](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/explicit-contracts.md)
- [Rapid Prototyping](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/rapid-prototyping.md)