Robin Moffatt 4/25/2025

It's Time We Talked About Time: Exploring Watermarks (And More) In Flink SQL

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This technical article delves into handling time in stream processing systems like Apache Flink and Kafka. It explains key concepts like event time vs. processing time, the challenges of out-of-order data, and the role of watermarks for accurate windowed operations in Flink SQL. It also examines how timestamps are managed in Kafka messages.

It's Time We Talked About Time: Exploring Watermarks (And More) In Flink SQL

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