# Hexagonal Architecture / Initial Complexity

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

Record: `tension:hexagonal-architecture-initial-complexity`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-hexagonal-architecture-initial-complexity

## tensions-with

- [Hexagonal Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/hexagonal-architecture.md)
- [Initial Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/initial-complexity.md)