# Why Flink may be unnecessarily complex for most streaming data processing users

DevFeed: [Why Flink may be unnecessarily complex for most streaming data processing users](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/flink-s-95-problem-18498.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.tinybird.co/blog/flink-is-95-problem>)

Author: Javi Santana

Published: 2025-10-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tinybird](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tinybird.md>)

Topics: [streaming-data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streaming-data-processing.md>), [Streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streaming.md>)

Tags: [flink](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flink.md>), [scalable-analytics-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalable-analytics-architecture.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>), [streaming-data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming-data-processing.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that Flink's complexity may make it unnecessary for most people who need streaming data processing.

## Source excerpt

Flink might sound like the holy grail of streaming data processing, but for 95% of us, it's just a complex headache we don't need.