# Observability / Cost/Noise

> "observability" (observability layer) is traded against "Cost/Noise" (observability layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Cost/Noise" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:cost-noise-observability`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-cost-noise-observability

## tensions-with

- [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/observability.md)
- [Cost/Noise](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/cost-noise.md)