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2908 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 areas2908
Architecture Fundamentals91
Distributed Systems101
Data Architecture90
Cloud Architecture87
Networking86
API & Integration Architecture87
Reliability & Resilience99
Observability92
Performance & Capacity Engineering100
Security Architecture95
Cost Architecture & FinOps102
Business Architecture103
Architecture Communication102
Enterprise Architecture100
Legacy Modernization92
AI-Era Architecture96
Software Architecture & Engineering93
Architecture Patterns94
Architecture Decision-Making101
The Architect's Meta-Skills102
Delivery & Release Engineering103
Platform Engineering & Developer Experience102
Testing & Quality Architecture102
Data Platform Architecture98
Streaming & Real-Time Data103
Data Governance & Semantics91
Frontend & Experience Architecture101
Edge, Mobile & IoT98
Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture99
Assurance, Audit & Model Risk98
2 questions in Storage Layout & Partitioning.
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Storage Layout & Partitioning intermediate Multiple choice
A 4 TB events table serves three query patterns: 80% ask for one tenant over the last 7 days, 15% look up a single event by id, and 5% scan one product across all history. The table currently has no partitioning. Which layout should the team adopt?
2 min answer partitioningclusteringcardinalitylayout -
Storage Layout & Partitioning intermediate
A 6 TB events table is partitioned by `customer_id`. Queries are slow and the storage layer complains. What is wrong?
2 min answer partitioningperformancedesign