# Controlled Side Effects / Performance Optimization

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

Record: `tension:controlled-side-effects-performance-optimization`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-controlled-side-effects-performance-optimization

## tensions-with

- [Controlled Side Effects](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/controlled-side-effects.md)
- [Performance Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/performance-optimization.md)