# Cut Your Data Usage in Half with Notefile Templates

**URL:** https://discuss.blues.com/t/cut-your-data-usage-in-half-with-notefile-templates/3614
**Category:** Blog Posts
**Created:** [August 11, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/cut-your-data-usage-in-half-with-notefile-templates/3614 "2026-08-11T19:43:47Z")
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### Author: ![BluesDevRel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/bluesdevrel/32/899_2.png) [@BluesDevRel](https://discuss.blues.com/u/BluesDevRel)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/cut-your-data-usage-in-half-with-notefile-templates/3614/1 "2026-08-11T19:43:47Z")

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Every JSON Note you send ships its field names alongside its values, over and over, for the life of the device. Notefile templates tell Notecard to store and transmit fixed-length binary records instead.

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Read the full blog post at [https://blues.dev/blog/cut-data-usage-notefile-templates](https://blues.dev/blog/cut-data-usage-notefile-templates) and continue the discussion here.