Pessimistic Locking / Latency
Kind: tension
Record: tension:latency-pessimistic-locking
Canonical: Schema
"pessimistic-locking" (atomic-boundary layer) is traded against "Latency" (performance-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Latency" and choosing an explicit operating point.
Listed in Tensions, after Pessimistic Locking / Deadlock Freedom and before Pessimistic Locking / Lock-Free Throughput.