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2667 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 areas2667 Architecture Fundamentals81 Distributed Systems101 Data Architecture90 Cloud Architecture87 Networking86 API & Integration Architecture78 Reliability & Resilience88 Observability81 Performance & Capacity Engineering90 Security Architecture95 Cost Architecture & FinOps92 Business Architecture93 Architecture Communication91 Enterprise Architecture91 Legacy Modernization92 AI-Era Architecture86 Software Architecture & Engineering84 Architecture Patterns84 Architecture Decision-Making91 The Architect's Meta-Skills92 Delivery & Release Engineering93 Platform Engineering & Developer Experience92 Testing & Quality Architecture90 Data Platform Architecture88 Streaming & Real-Time Data93 Data Governance & Semantics81 Frontend & Experience Architecture91 Edge, Mobile & IoT88 Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture90 Assurance, Audit & Model Risk88
Difficulty Any beginner intermediate advanced

2 questions in REST Design.

  1. REST Design advanced

    A new platform must serve a public partner API, three internal front-ends with different data needs, and high-volume service-to-service traffic. Choose the API styles and defend the choice.

    2 min answer restgraphqlgrpcapi-strategy
  2. REST Design advanced

    A partner integration issues PATCH requests with JSON Merge Patch semantics. On Tuesday one partner's nightly sync cleared the phone number on 40,000 customer records. The requests were valid, your service applied them correctly, and no error was returned anywhere. What happened, and what do you change?

    3 min answer restjson merge patchfield maskdata loss
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