# Again: How to find a node

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**Created:** [5 August 2021 23:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/again-how-to-find-a-node/49401 "2021-08-05T23:37:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![craigcurtin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@craigcurtin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/craigcurtin)\
**Post date:** [7 August 2021 10:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/again-how-to-find-a-node/49401/17 "2021-08-07T10:09:47Z")

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Andrew,

Have a read of this thread - there is a great example in there that i have never thought of before but i intend to rework all my flows)

> [@Custom node vs subflow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-node-vs-subflow/49434/4):
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> I guess the trade-off is one is easy to maintain (sub-flow - changes in one place only) and the other is easier to customize (repeated code - easier to tweak for a particular use case).

Put all of your incoming and outgoing MQTT nodes on a single page and have links to and from them on the other pages as required - by looking at the link nodes you will easily be able to see what uses them and where they are - you could also place comment nodes on the individual pages that provide information on this.

Craig

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