# Microservices / Operational Complexity

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

Record: `tension:microservices-operational-complexity`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-microservices-operational-complexity

## tensions-with

- [Microservices](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/microservices.md)
- [Operational Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/operational-complexity.md)