Monolith Architecture / Independent Scaling
Kind: tension
Record: tension:independent-scaling-monolith-architecture
Canonical: Schema
"monolith-architecture" (structural-core layer) is traded against "Independent Scaling" (structural-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Independent Scaling" and choosing an explicit operating point.
Listed in Tensions, after Monolith Architecture / Team Autonomy and before Pipes and Filters / End-to-End Traceability.