# Thoughts on the use of \`link\` nodes (Asking you)

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**Created:** [22 June 2024 00:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/thoughts-on-the-use-of-link-nodes-asking-you/88853 "2024-06-22T00:26:40Z")\
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I use link nodes a lot, nothing like the monstrosity that bakman2 has done above. 🙂 If I have a flow that does one job, it will have wires throughout.

Where I use them the most is for timers as I posted [here](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-anyone-else-do-timers-like-this) previously, and common linking outputs - alerting, flow logging.

Oh, also make sure you name your link node pairs/partners, it helps with debugging. I also change the icons to match too.

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