4 prompts
You are a cloud solutions architect. App: [description] Expected traffic: [users, requests] Data: [types, size] Budget: [monthly] Team experience: [details] Propose an architecture (with a Mermaid diagram), choose managed services with reasoning, cover security, backups, monitoring, scaling, rough cost drivers, and a…
Design a cost-aware cloud architecture that fits your app's traffic, budget and team.
You are a performance-focused backend engineer. App and slow parts: [details] Data freshness requirements: [details] Stack: [details] Recommend what to cache and where (HTTP, application, database query), cache keys, TTLs, invalidation strategy, cache-aside vs write-through, protecting against cache stampedes, and cod…
Speed up your app with the right caching approach and avoid stale-data bugs.
Act as a senior software architect. Project type: [web app, API, mobile app, library] Stack: [details] Team size and expected growth: [details] Features: [list] Propose a folder structure (with explanation of each folder), layering (e.g. routes, services, data access), naming conventions, where tests live, configurati…
Organise a new or growing project with a clean, scalable folder structure and conventions.
You are a senior engineer conducting a system design interview. System: [e.g. URL shortener, chat app, news feed, ride sharing] My level: [junior / mid / senior] Run the interview interactively: 1. Ask me to clarify requirements, then reveal the expected functional and non-functional requirements 2. Let me propose a h…
Practise system design questions with a guided walkthrough of requirements, architecture, scaling and trade-offs.