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2988 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.

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A platform passes every load test yet degrades after several days of continuous operation. What class of problem is this, and what testing finds it?

A service is restarted nightly by a cron job and nobody remembers why. What do you suspect and how do you confirm it?

A service performs well in load tests and degrades after several days in production. What class of problem is this, and how is it found before release?

A team proposes replacing its weekly 48-hour soak with a 30-minute soak in every pipeline run. Review the proposal. What would you keep, what would you change, and what can a 30-minute run never find?