# Monolith Architecture / Independent Scaling

> "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.

Record: `tension:independent-scaling-monolith-architecture`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-independent-scaling-monolith-architecture

## tensions-with

- [Monolith Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/monolith-architecture.md)
- [Independent Scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/independent-scaling.md)