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2948 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 areas2948 Architecture Fundamentals91 Distributed Systems101 Data Architecture90 Cloud Architecture87 Networking96 API & Integration Architecture87 Reliability & Resilience99 Observability92 Performance & Capacity Engineering100 Security Architecture105 Cost Architecture & FinOps102 Business Architecture103 Architecture Communication102 Enterprise Architecture100 Legacy Modernization102 AI-Era Architecture106 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
Difficulty Any beginner intermediate advanced

2948 questions.

  1. PCI-DSS Scoping advanced

    Your first PCI assessment finds the whole estate in scope. How did that happen and how do you reduce it?

    2 min answer pcisegmentationcompliance
  2. Peak Event Readiness advanced

    A live platform has two weeks before a major event expected to bring ten times normal traffic. What should the readiness work consist of, in priority order?

    2 min answer peak-readinesscapacitydegradationrehearsal
  3. Peak Event Readiness advanced

    A retailer expects 20× normal traffic for a two-hour sale launch. Plan the readiness.

    2 min answer peakcapacitydegradationwar-room
  4. Peak Event Readiness advanced

    A streaming platform is broadcasting a scheduled cricket match and forecasts 40 million concurrent viewers, but the real number could be double. How should pre-scaled capacity, CDN pre-positioning, ingest redundancy, bitrate ladders, connection limits and feature degradation be planned together?

    3 min answer hotstarjiocinemalive-streamingconcurrency
  5. Peak Event Readiness advanced

    A trading platform faces its largest load at a precisely known time every day. What does readiness for a scheduled peak involve beyond capacity?

    2 min answer zerodhapeakreadinesswarmup
  6. Peak Event Readiness advanced

    Retail leadership proposes a six-week change freeze covering the entire estate from mid-November. Respond.

    2 min answer retailfreezeriskgovernance
  7. Peak Event Readiness advanced

    You expect 10x traffic on a known date six weeks away. Walk through the preparation.

    3 min answer peakcapacitychange-freezeload-shedding
  8. Performance Budgets intermediate

    A design platform's web application has grown steadily slower with no single change responsible. What mechanism prevents this, and how should it be enforced?

    2 min answer performance-budgetsciregressionfrontend
  9. Performance Budgets intermediate

    A web experience for low-end devices on slow networks keeps regressing despite good intentions. What mechanism prevents this, and what must it measure?

    2 min answer physics-wallahperformance-budgetmobileregression
  10. Performance Budgets intermediate

    What does a latency budget give you that a latency target does not?

    2 min answer latency-budgetallocationregressionci
  11. Performance Budgets intermediate

    What is a performance budget, why do most attempts at one fail, and how should it be enforced so it actually constrains behaviour?

    2 min answer performance-budgetsregressionciratchet
  12. Performance Budgets advanced

    You own the 200 ms p95 budget for a search API and measure 188 ms today. Product wants a personalisation call that costs 60 ms at p95. Walk me through the conversation and what you would commit to.

    3 min answer performance-budgetslatencyprioritisationdegradation