# Invariants / Flexibility

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

Record: `tension:flexibility-invariants`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-flexibility-invariants

## tensions-with

- [Invariants](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/invariants.md)
- [Flexibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/flexibility.md)