# Manifest-Based Design / Manifest Drift

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

Record: `tension:manifest-based-design-manifest-drift`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-manifest-based-design-manifest-drift

## tensions-with

- [Manifest-Based Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/manifest-based-design.md)
- [Manifest Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/manifest-drift.md)