# Microservices / Consistency

> "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.

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

## tensions-with

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