SYSTEM-DESIGN-BASICS5 MIN READ
Talk About Failure Without Drama
Use questions to coach a design discussion about talk about failure without drama.
Teammate Let’s add another service. It will scale better. The slow report query proves the boundary is wrong. What would you approve for this iteration? Coaching debrief The strong responses use the framework explicitly: requirement first, trade-off second, implementation third. They keep momentum without letting vague scale, freshness, or future-proofing claims turn into architecture. The weak responses sound confident but skip the evidence that would make the decision defensible.
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