# Interchangeability / Specialized Optimization

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

Record: `tension:interchangeability-specialized-optimization`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-interchangeability-specialized-optimization

## tensions-with

- [Interchangeability](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/interchangeability.md)
- [Specialized Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/specialized-optimization.md)