When stateful logic accumulates branches or repeated shape assumptions.
Rule
Encode the domain in the right structure: state machine, typed model, table, registry, reducer, boundary, or collection instead of scattered conditionals.
Application
Name the concrete decision this principle changes.
Apply the rule to that decision, not as a decorative citation.
Prefer evidence from the current repository/runtime over generic preference.
If the principle conflicts with an explicit user constraint, keep the constraint and state the tradeoff.
1---2name: principle-model-the-domain3description: Model the Domain4---5# Model the Domain67## Trigger89When stateful logic accumulates branches or repeated shape assumptions.1011## Rule1213Encode the domain in the right structure: state machine, typed model, table, registry, reducer, boundary, or collection instead of scattered conditionals.1415## Application16171. Name the concrete decision this principle changes.182. Apply the rule to that decision, not as a decorative citation.193. Prefer evidence from the current repository/runtime over generic preference.204. If the principle conflicts with an explicit user constraint, keep the constraint and state the tradeoff.
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