# Caching / Always-Fresh Reads

> "caching" (performance-core layer) is traded against "Always-Fresh Reads" (performance-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Always-Fresh Reads" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:always-fresh-reads-caching`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-always-fresh-reads-caching

## tensions-with

- [Caching](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/caching.md)
- [Always-Fresh Reads](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/always-fresh-reads.md)