Robustness Principle / Strict Validation

Kind: tension

Record: tension:robustness-principle-strict-validation

Canonical: Schema

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

Listed in Tensions, after Resilience / Complexity and before Error Handling / Simplicity.

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