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Architectural Driver
The small subset of requirements and constraints that actually shape the structure of the system.
eBay's Architectural Generations
eBay rewrote its core platform several times across its first decade, each time because the previous generation had hit a limit that could not be tuned away.
Architecture Decision Record
A short, immutable document capturing one architectural decision, its context, the alternatives, and its consequences.
Cost per Request
The fully-loaded infrastructure cost of serving one request, and the unit that makes architectural cost decisions comparable.
Fitness Function
An automated check that an architectural characteristic still holds, run continuously rather than reviewed occasionally.
Microservices
An architectural style where an application is a set of independently deployable services, each owning its data and aligned to a business capability.
REST
An architectural style for APIs built on resources identified by URLs, manipulated with uniform HTTP methods, and stateless requests.
Time to Market
How long it takes to get a capability in front of customers — often the constraint that dominates every other architectural quality.
Trade-off Analysis
Making the costs of an architectural choice explicit and comparable, rather than presenting a recommendation as if it were free.
Equifax was breached in 2017 through a vulnerability with a patch available two months earlier. Beyond "patch faster", what architectural and governance failures does that imply?
The case, as publicly reported Apache Struts vulnerability CVE 2017 5638 was disclosed in March 2017 with a patch available. An internet facing dispute portal a
Knight Capital lost roughly $460M in 45 minutes in 2012 after a deployment reached seven of eight servers. Which architectural failures made that possible, and which one would you fix first?
The case, as publicly reported Per the SEC's 2013 order, Knight Capital deployed new order routing code to eight production servers ahead of a NYSE programme la
When is an architectural decision worth an ADR, and what makes an ADR useful two years later?
What the interviewer is testing Whether you document decisions as a habit, and whether you know that most documentation fails because it records the wrong thing
Architectural Drivers
The small subset of requirements whose change would force the structure to change.
Architecture Decision-Making
General material on making and recording architectural decisions.
Architecture Patterns
General material on architectural patterns and their trade-offs.
Code Review
Where architectural rules are enforced by people rather than by tools.
Compliance Frameworks
SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS — scope as an architectural lever.
Fitness Functions
Automated checks that an architectural characteristic still holds.
Mentoring
Growing architectural judgement in other people.
Organisational Constraints
Team structure, skills and budget cycles as architectural inputs.
Technology Selection
Evaluating options against drivers rather than against enthusiasm.