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174 questions of the kind that actually get asked — in interviews, in architecture review boards, and by the person who has to run the thing at 3 AM. Every answer states the trade-off rather than the slogan, and says when the obvious choice is the wrong one.

All areas174 Architecture Fundamentals5 Distributed Systems26 Data Architecture23 Cloud Architecture19 Networking17 API & Integration Architecture13 Reliability & Resilience9 Observability8 Performance & Capacity Engineering6 Security Architecture16 Cost Architecture & FinOps3 Business Architecture2 Architecture Communication2 Enterprise Architecture1 Legacy Modernization2 AI-Era Architecture3 Software Architecture & Engineering3 Architecture Patterns6 Architecture Decision-Making9 The Architect's Meta-Skills1
Difficulty Any beginner intermediate advanced

15 questions in Security Architecture.

  1. Threat Modelling advanced

    Run a threat model on a new payment integration: our service calls a third-party payment provider and receives webhooks. Where are the interesting threats?

    2 min answer threat-modellingstridewebhookspayments
  2. Tokens & JWTs advanced

    Your JWT-based auth means a fired employee keeps access for 15 minutes after their account is disabled. Security says that is unacceptable. What are the options?

    2 min answer jwtrevocationtokenstradeoffs
  3. Zero Trust advanced

    A board mandate says "implement zero trust in twelve months". What do you actually do, in what order?

    2 min answer zero-trustsequencingpragmatism