# Big O Notation / Constant-Factor Practicality

> "big-o-notation" (performance-core layer) is traded against "Constant-Factor Practicality" (performance-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Constant-Factor Practicality" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:big-o-notation-constant-factor-practicality`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-big-o-notation-constant-factor-practicality

## tensions-with

- [Big O Notation](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/big-o-notation.md)
- [Constant-Factor Practicality](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/constant-factor-practicality.md)