Platform Independence / Native Optimization
Kind: tension
Record: tension:native-optimization-platform-independence
Canonical: Schema
"platform-independence" (resource-core layer) is traded against "Native Optimization" (resource-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Native Optimization" and choosing an explicit operating point.
Listed in Tensions, after Portability / Platform Optimization and before Environment Parity / Cost.