# Finite State Machine / State Explosion

> "finite-state-machine" (design-patterns-core layer) is traded against "State Explosion" (design-patterns-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "State Explosion" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:finite-state-machine-state-explosion`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-finite-state-machine-state-explosion

## tensions-with

- [Finite State Machine](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/finite-state-machine.md)
- [State Explosion](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/state-explosion.md)