Microservices / Consistency
Kind: tension
Record: tension:consistency-microservices
Canonical: Schema
"microservices" (structural-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.
Listed in Tensions, after Microservices / Operational Complexity and before Monolith Architecture / Team Autonomy.