ECO-DAT-SER-001¶
Name: Repeated serialization/deserialization chain
Category: Data
Family: Serialization
Primary layer: data
System layers: data
Description¶
Data is repeatedly converted between formats within the same request or processing path.
Impact¶
- type: cpu
- confidence: 0.7
- notes: Added as part of the 0.3.0 expansion to capture cross-system sustainability and operational waste.
Detection¶
- method: static-or-runtime
- confidence: 0.55
- runtime_validation_required: Yes
Remediation¶
- guidance: Keep data in a canonical internal representation and serialize only at boundaries.
- tradeoffs: May require architecture, product, or operations review rather than a local code change.
Cost Dimensions¶
- compute: high
- memory: high
- network: low
- storage: low
- human_time: low
- carbon: medium
- water: low
Amplification¶
- scales_with_users: Yes
- scales_with_data_volume: Yes
- scales_non_linearly: No
Temporal Behavior¶
- startup_only: No
- steady_state: Yes
- burst_sensitive: Yes
- time_degradation: No
Runtime Evidence¶
- CPU profile
- allocation profile
- code review
Pattern examples¶
No pattern examples provided.
Remediation examples¶
No remediation examples provided.
Metadata¶
- catalog_version: 0.4.0
- status: draft
- source: catalog expansion recommendations applied 2026-05-21