Clean core reduces custom ABAP inside SAP, but increases complexity across BTP and integrations.
When business logic shifts to side-by-side extensions, APIs, and cloud services, releases no longer depend on a single transport. They require coordinated changes across SAP, BTP, and enterprise applications.
Without unified governance, complexity doesn’t disappear it just migrates outward and becomes harder to control.
Read more: Clean Core Solved One Problem and Created Another