Ning Wang

Ning Wang is a software engineer at Amplitude who builds real-time data pipelines. He was a key contributor to Apache Heron on Twitter’s Real-time Compute team.

books by Ning Wang

Grokking Streaming Systems

  • March 2022
  • ISBN 9781617297304
  • 312 pages
  • printed in black & white
  • Available translations: Russian, Simplified Chinese

Grokking Streaming Systems introduces real-time event streaming applications in clear, reader-friendly language. This engaging book illuminates core concepts like data parallelization, event windows, and backpressure without getting bogged down in framework-specific details. As you go, you’ll build your own simple streaming tool from the ground up to make sure all the ideas and techniques stick. The helpful and entertaining illustrations make streaming systems come alive as you tackle relevant examples like real-time credit card fraud detection and monitoring IoT services.