Saving document flat vs object

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Json format too bloated

Hi @karto_sack reducing document size by altering json structure is a very interesting topic. I did some experiments (I put links to details in the end of this post) and in a nutshell, here is what is worth considering: using short keys - like you said dropping unused fields (f.i. if you use Spring - very popular Java framework - it adds _class field to every document, and it’s useless unless you use class inheritance) using proper data types: many developer don’t check how their data is seri…