# Metaprogramming / Explicit Handwritten Code

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

Record: `tension:explicit-handwritten-code-metaprogramming`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-explicit-handwritten-code-metaprogramming

## tensions-with

- [Metaprogramming](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/metaprogramming.md)
- [Explicit Handwritten Code](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/explicit-handwritten-code.md)