# Caching / Consistency

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

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

## tensions-with

- [Caching](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/caching.md)
- [Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/consistency.md)