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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

91 questions in Architecture Decision-Making.

  1. Technology Selection intermediate

    A team must choose between four candidate technologies. What method produces a defensible decision, and what makes most technology comparisons useless?

    2 min answer typesensemeilisearchselectionevaluation
  2. Technology Selection intermediate

    A team proposes Kafka for a workload of a few thousand messages per day. When is Kafka over-engineering, what is the alternative, and when does the answer change?

    3 min answer kafkaover-engineeringqueuesoperational-cost
  3. Technology Selection advanced

    How would you evaluate a new database for a critical workload, and what would make you reject it despite good benchmarks?

    2 min answer technology-selectionevaluationoperabilityboring-technology
  4. Technology Selection advanced

    Three teams have independently chosen three different message brokers. Design the selection and governance process going forward.

    2 min answer technology-selectiongovernancepaved-roadstandards
  5. Trade-off Analysis Methods intermediate

    A team must choose between three designs with different strengths. What analysis method produces a decision rather than a discussion?

    2 min answer meilisearchtradeoffsmethodscenarios
  6. Trade-off Analysis Methods intermediate

    An organisation needs a repeatable method for evaluating architectural trade-offs. What should the method contain, and what makes such methods fail?

    2 min answer tradeoff-analysiscriteriascenariosweighting
  7. Trade-off Analysis Methods intermediate

    How do you decide how much analysis an architectural decision deserves?

    2 min answer decision-makingreversibilityfalse-precisionadr