# Low Coupling / Runtime Indirection

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

Record: `tension:low-coupling-runtime-indirection`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-low-coupling-runtime-indirection

## tensions-with

- [Low Coupling](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/low-coupling.md)
- [Runtime Indirection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/runtime-indirection.md)