# Profile-First Over Unmeasured Optimization

> Gate any optimization behind a measured profile, so effort is evidence-driven rather than speculative.

Record: `algorithms:no-unmeasured-optimization`
Kind: algorithm
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algorithms-no-unmeasured-optimization
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algorithms/no-unmeasured-optimization/closure

Listed in [Algorithm contracts](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/algorithms.md), after [Config Externalization Over Env Fallback](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/no-env-fallback.md) and before [Rule As Code Over Convention](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/no-convention-enforcement.md).

## Domain

- [Architectural Rules](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms-domain/architectural-rules.md)

## Tier

- [leaf](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/domain-tier-leaf.md)

## Composes

- [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/performance-core.md)

## Math type

- [Logic](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/math-type-logic.md)

## Linked from

- [Architectural Clusters](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-architectural-clusters.md)
- [The mathematics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-mathematics.md)
- [Domain tiers](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-vocabulary-domain-tier.md)