# Atomicity / Distributed Scalability

> "atomicity" (atomic-boundary layer) is traded against "Distributed Scalability" (atomic-boundary layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Distributed Scalability" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:atomicity-distributed-scalability`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-atomicity-distributed-scalability

## tensions-with

- [Atomicity](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/atomicity.md)
- [Distributed Scalability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/distributed-scalability.md)