# Pessimistic Locking / Lock-Free Throughput

> "pessimistic-locking" (atomic-boundary layer) is traded against "Lock-Free Throughput" (atomic-boundary layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Lock-Free Throughput" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:lock-free-throughput-pessimistic-locking`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-lock-free-throughput-pessimistic-locking

## tensions-with

- [Pessimistic Locking](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/pessimistic-locking.md)
- [Lock-Free Throughput](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/lock-free-throughput.md)