# About the Flink category

**URL:** <https://discuss.dataengineercafe.io/t/about-the-flink-category/66>\
**Category:** Flink\
**Created:** [December 12, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.dataengineercafe.io/t/about-the-flink-category/66 "2021-12-12T13:16:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![zkan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discuss.dataengineercafe.io/zkan/32/2_2.png) [@zkan](https://discuss.dataengineercafe.io/u/zkan)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.dataengineercafe.io/t/about-the-flink-category/66/1 "2021-12-12T13:16:19Z")

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