#Architecture

123 questions

• What should you consider when building microservices in Node?Node.js#architectureSenior›
• What are React Server Components and how do they differ from client components?React#architectureSenior›
• What is progressive enhancement?HTML#architectureSenior›
• What CSS architecture methodologies help large codebases?CSS#architectureSenior›
• How does NestJS support microservices?NestJS#architectureSenior›
• How do you handle background jobs and queues?NestJS#architectureSenior›
• How do you run robust background jobs (Celery/ARQ)?FastAPI#architectureSenior›
• How do you deploy a FastAPI app to production?FastAPI#architectureSenior›
• How do you run background tasks with Celery?Django#architectureSenior›
• How do you deploy a Django application to production?Django#architectureSenior›
• What common design patterns appear in Java?Java#architectureSenior›
• How does dependency injection work in modern PHP?PHP#architectureSenior›
• What design patterns are common in PHP frameworks?PHP#architectureSenior›
• What are PSR standards and why do they matter?PHP#architectureSenior›
• How do events and listeners work?Laravel#architectureMiddle›
• How do queued jobs work in Laravel?Laravel#architectureMiddle›
• How does task scheduling work?Laravel#architectureSenior›
• How does real-time broadcasting work in Laravel?Laravel#architectureSenior›
• How do you structure a service/architecture for a large Laravel app?Laravel#architectureSenior›
• How does dependency injection work in .NET?C##architectureSenior›
• What is Ruby on Rails and its core principles?Ruby#frameworkSenior›
• What is system design and why does it matter?System Design#architectureJunior›
• What is scalability and how do you achieve it?System Design#architectureJunior›
• What is load balancing and why is it important?System Design#architectureJunior›
• What is caching and how is it used in system design?System Design#architectureJunior›
• How do you choose databases in system design?System Design#architectureJunior›
• How do components communicate in a system (APIs)?System Design#architectureJunior›
• What are availability and reliability in system design?System Design#architectureJunior›
• What is the difference between stateful and stateless services?System Design#architectureJunior›
• What is a CDN and how does it improve performance?System Design#architectureJunior›
• How do you approach a system design problem?System Design#architectureJunior›
• What is the CAP theorem?System Design#architectureMiddle›
• How do you scale databases?System Design#architectureMiddle›
• What is the difference between microservices and monolithic architecture?System Design#architectureMiddle›
• What are message queues and why use them?System Design#architectureMiddle›
• What are consistency models (strong vs eventual)?System Design#architectureMiddle›
• How do you design rate limiting?System Design#architectureMiddle›
• What is data partitioning and sharding?System Design#architectureMiddle›
• What is an API gateway and what does it do?System Design#architectureMiddle›
• How do you design systems that handle failures gracefully?System Design#architectureMiddle›
• How do you design a large-scale system (e.g. a social media feed)?System Design#architectureSenior›
• What is event-driven architecture?System Design#architectureSenior›
• What are the key challenges of distributed systems?System Design#architectureSenior›
• How do you reason about trade-offs in system design?System Design#architectureSenior›
• What is observability and why is it important in system design?System Design#architectureSenior›
• How do you estimate scale and do capacity planning?System Design#architectureSenior›
• What are proxies and reverse proxies?System Design#architectureMiddle›
• How does replication work and what are its strategies?System Design#architectureMiddle›
• What is idempotency and why does it matter in distributed systems?System Design#architectureMiddle›
• What is consistent hashing?System Design#architectureSenior›
• What are key patterns for microservices architecture?System Design#architectureSenior›
• What are design patterns and why are they useful?Design Patterns#architectureJunior›
• What is the Singleton pattern?Design Patterns#architectureJunior›
• What is the Factory pattern?Design Patterns#architectureJunior›
• What is the Observer pattern?Design Patterns#architectureJunior›
• What is the Strategy pattern?Design Patterns#architectureJunior›
• What is the Decorator pattern?Design Patterns#architectureJunior›
• What are creational design patterns?Design Patterns#architectureJunior›
• What are structural design patterns?Design Patterns#architectureJunior›
• What are behavioral design patterns?Design Patterns#architectureJunior›
• When should you use design patterns (and when not)?Design Patterns#architectureJunior›
• What is the Builder pattern?Design Patterns#architectureMiddle›
• What is the Adapter pattern?Design Patterns#architectureMiddle›
• What is the Facade pattern?Design Patterns#architectureMiddle›
• What is dependency injection?Design Patterns#architectureMiddle›
• What is the MVC pattern?Design Patterns#architectureMiddle›
• What is the Repository pattern?Design Patterns#architectureMiddle›
• What is the Command pattern?Design Patterns#architectureMiddle›
• What are anti-patterns?Design Patterns#architectureMiddle›
• What are the SOLID principles?Design Patterns#architectureMiddle›
• What are key software design principles (DRY, KISS, YAGNI)?Design Patterns#architectureSenior›
• How are design patterns used in real frameworks and code?Design Patterns#architectureSenior›
• Why is composition often preferred over inheritance?Design Patterns#architectureSenior›
• How have design patterns evolved in modern programming?Design Patterns#architectureSenior›
• What is the Proxy pattern?Design Patterns#architectureMiddle›
• What is the Iterator pattern?Design Patterns#architectureMiddle›
• What is the Template Method pattern?Design Patterns#architectureMiddle›
• What are common architectural patterns (layered, hexagonal, etc.)?Design Patterns#architectureSenior›
• What is Domain-Driven Design (DDD)?Design Patterns#architectureSenior›
• How do you choose the right pattern for a problem?Design Patterns#architectureSenior›
• How do patterns relate to refactoring?Design Patterns#architectureSenior›
• How does replication work in PostgreSQL?PostgreSQL#architectureSenior›
• What is logical replication and when is it useful?PostgreSQL#architectureSenior›
• How do you back up and recover PostgreSQL?PostgreSQL#architectureSenior›
• How do you achieve high availability in PostgreSQL?PostgreSQL#architectureSenior›
• How do you design schemas in MongoDB?MongoDB#architectureMiddle›
• What is the difference between embedding and referencing?MongoDB#architectureMiddle›
• What are common MongoDB data modeling patterns?MongoDB#architectureMiddle›
• How do you model relationships in MongoDB?MongoDB#architectureMiddle›
• How do replica sets work in MongoDB?MongoDB#architectureSenior›
• How does sharding work in MongoDB?MongoDB#architectureSenior›
• How do you deploy and operate MongoDB in production?MongoDB#architectureSenior›
• How does Redis Pub/Sub work?Redis#architectureMiddle›
• How do you implement rate limiting with Redis?Redis#architectureMiddle›
• How do distributed locks work with Redis?Redis#architectureMiddle›
• What are Redis Streams?Redis#architectureMiddle›
• How does Redis replication and high availability work?Redis#architectureSenior›
• How does Redis Cluster enable scaling?Redis#architectureSenior›
• Why is Redis commonly used for session management?Redis#architectureSenior›
• What are Redis keyspace notifications?Redis#architectureMiddle›
• What are SQS and SNS for messaging?Cloud & AWS#architectureMiddle›
• What is the AWS Well-Architected Framework?Cloud & AWS#architectureSenior›
• How do you design for high availability on AWS?Cloud & AWS#architectureSenior›
• How do you design serverless architectures on AWS?Cloud & AWS#architectureSenior›
• How do you approach disaster recovery on AWS?Cloud & AWS#architectureSenior›
• What are common AWS architecture patterns?Cloud & AWS#architectureSenior›
• How do you make and document significant technical decisions?Tech Lead#technical-directionMiddle›
• How do you resolve architecture disagreements on your team?Tech Lead#architectureMiddle›
• How do you set long-term technical direction and vision?Tech Lead#technical-directionSenior›
• How do you make build-vs-buy decisions?Tech Lead#technical-directionSenior›
• How do you lead a large migration safely?Tech Lead#architectureSenior›
• When should you refactor, replace, or retire a legacy system?Tech Lead#architectureSenior›
• What factors drive your choice of tech stack for a new project?Tech Lead#leadershipSenior›
• How do you decide when to refactor versus rewrite a system from scratch?Tech Lead#tech-debtSenior›
• What are microservices?Microservices#architectureJunior›
• What is the difference between a monolith and microservices?Microservices#architectureJunior›
• What are the benefits and drawbacks of microservices?Microservices#architectureJunior›
• How do microservices differ from SOA?Microservices#architectureJunior›
• When should you NOT use microservices?Microservices#architectureJunior›
• How do you define service boundaries using DDD bounded contexts?Microservices#architectureMiddle›
• How do you migrate a monolith to microservices using the strangler-fig pattern?Microservices#architectureSenior›
• What is the distributed monolith and other microservices anti-patterns?Microservices#architectureSenior›
• How do Conway's law and team topologies shape microservices?Microservices#architectureSenior›