Reusability / Over-Generalization

Kind: tension

Record: tension:over-generalization-reusability

Canonical: Schema

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

Listed in Tensions, after Reusability / YAGNI and before Replaceability / Deep Optimization.

In tension with

• Reusability
• Over-Generalization

Mechanism

• irreducible-tradeoff

Linked from

• Core Modular Design
• Resolution mechanisms