# Reflection / Performance/Safety

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

Record: `tension:performance-safety-reflection`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-performance-safety-reflection

## tensions-with

- [Reflection](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/reflection.md)
- [Performance/Safety](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/performance-safety.md)