# Unit of Work Pattern / Repository Complexity

> "unit-of-work-pattern" (atomic-boundary layer) is traded against "Repository Complexity" (atomic-boundary layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Repository Complexity" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:repository-complexity-unit-of-work-pattern`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-repository-complexity-unit-of-work-pattern

## tensions-with

- [Unit of Work Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/unit-of-work-pattern.md)
- [Repository Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/repository-complexity.md)