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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
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5 questions in Research & Evaluation.

  1. Research & Evaluation intermediate

    A team's evaluation of a new datastore is a benchmark report: throughput at three concurrency levels, p99 latency, and a cost comparison. They want to commit. Review the evaluation. What is missing and what would you add?

    2 min answer booking.comtechnology-evaluationbenchmarksoperability
  2. Research & Evaluation advanced

    A travel-search platform aggregating supplier prices - the business shape Expedia operates in - measures 40 million price updates a day and must choose between a managed search service and running the engine itself. A two-engineer two-week spike would settle it. Work out when buying that information is cheaper than deciding now.

    3 min answer spikecost-of-informationevaluationdecision-under-uncertainty
  3. Research & Evaluation intermediate

    An architect must evaluate an unfamiliar technology for a significant decision. What research approach produces a reliable judgement?

    2 min answer researchevaluationspikeevidence
  4. Research & Evaluation advanced

    How would you evaluate an unfamiliar technology for a critical workload in one week?

    2 min answer researchspikesfailure-testingevidence
  5. Research & Evaluation intermediate Multiple choice

    You are evaluating a database whose only production references are the vendor's own case studies. The benchmark in their documentation is excellent. You have one week. Which single piece of evidence would most change your confidence?

    3 min answer evaluationevidencereference-callprocurement