# Everything in one doc

**URL:** <https://connect.superhuman.com/t/everything-in-one-doc/19828>\
**Category:** Ask the Community\
**Created:** [November 28, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/everything-in-one-doc/19828 "2020-11-28T22:23:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Sarah\_Arminta](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/sarah_arminta/32/18143_2.png) [@Sarah\_Arminta](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Sarah_Arminta)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/everything-in-one-doc/19828/1 "2020-11-28T22:23:24Z")

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Hi everyone. New here.

Is there any reason for me not to just have everything in one doc?

I’m just one person (not a team or company) so I don’t care about permissions or visibility. I’m planning on paying so I don’t have a limit on doc size.

If everything is nested in the same doc I can see all of my pages in the sidebar and can connect all of my tables easily without worrying about syncing.

Am I missing anything that would make this not a good idea?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Federico\_Stefanato](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/federico_stefanato/32/10092_2.png) [@Federico\_Stefanato](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Federico_Stefanato)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/everything-in-one-doc/19828/2 "2020-11-29T15:16:39Z")

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> [@Sarah\_Arminta](#):
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> Is there any reason for me not to just have everything in one doc?

Hi @Sarah_Arminta,  
definitely no: no reason at all! 🙂

Having different docs is usually meant for different teams _and_ purposes.  
Or to manage significant amount of data, that usually is not a common case for one user app.

So, just keep on organising your stuff in one doc, if it’s comfortable for you 😉  
Cheers

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**Author:** ![Sarah\_Arminta](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/sarah_arminta/32/18143_2.png) [@Sarah\_Arminta](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Sarah_Arminta)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/everything-in-one-doc/19828/3 "2020-11-29T20:36:35Z")

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Perfect! Thank you for the reply!

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**Author:** ![Johg\_Ananda](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/johg_ananda/32/13930_2.png) [@Johg\_Ananda](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Johg_Ananda)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/everything-in-one-doc/19828/4 "2020-11-30T23:27:53Z")

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@Sarah_Arminta

The main reasons are permissions and scalability, it seems in your case that isn’t an issue.

The other main issue is doc size. Once your doc reaches 125mb, performance will degrade and you will be unable to access the API or use CrossDoc and other features.

Something to consider depending on your case. Note it is likely [Coda.io](http://Coda.io) will eventually increase the limit, but for now it is a serious limit for many users.

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**Author:** ![Sarah\_Arminta](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/sarah_arminta/32/18143_2.png) [@Sarah\_Arminta](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Sarah_Arminta)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/everything-in-one-doc/19828/5 "2020-11-30T23:43:16Z")

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Oh interesting! 🤔 Is there a way that I can view my current doc size?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Johg\_Ananda](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/johg_ananda/32/13930_2.png) [@Johg\_Ananda](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Johg_Ananda)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/everything-in-one-doc/19828/6 "2020-12-01T03:59:05Z")

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@Sarah_Arminta the method I use is to open up the inspector. In Chrome(ium)/Brave/Dissenter/etc you can press

`Command + Option + i `

Then click the `Network` tab and refresh your page. You will see in the bottom the total amount of data transferred.

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**Author:** ![Marko\_Petrovic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/marko_petrovic/32/12015_2.png) [@Marko\_Petrovic](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Marko_Petrovic)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/everything-in-one-doc/19828/7 "2020-12-01T09:03:46Z")

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Oh, I didn’t know about that, that sounds like potentially big limitation. Especially once attachments go live 🤔 It would be almost impossible to use doc for any serious business case that involves attachments as part of workflow 😕 I hope they change those limits soon

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**Author:** ![Federico\_Stefanato](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/federico_stefanato/32/10092_2.png) [@Federico\_Stefanato](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Federico_Stefanato)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/everything-in-one-doc/19828/8 "2020-12-01T14:20:57Z")

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Hi @Marko_Petrovic,  
attachments are treated as blob and URL-referenced, so they are actually not part of the whole document size.  
So it’s more the _amount_ of data (and document complexity) rather objects’ size.

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**Author:** ![Johg\_Ananda](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/johg_ananda/32/13930_2.png) [@Johg\_Ananda](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Johg_Ananda)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/everything-in-one-doc/19828/9 "2020-12-01T17:55:10Z")

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@Federico_Stefanato are you sure about this? What about the image previews? Do those count?

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**Author:** ![Federico\_Stefanato](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/federico_stefanato/32/10092_2.png) [@Federico\_Stefanato](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Federico_Stefanato)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/everything-in-one-doc/19828/10 "2020-12-01T18:41:33Z")

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Hi @Johg_Ananda,  
I would assume that all images - also thumbnails - are stored in a blob repository and referenced from there as an external reference, therefore they are not affecting the overall document size.

This is what comes out from the page inspection, at least.  
Obviously happy to know if otherwise.

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**Author:** ![Johg\_Ananda](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/johg_ananda/32/13930_2.png) [@Johg\_Ananda](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Johg_Ananda)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/everything-in-one-doc/19828/11 "2020-12-25T02:18:00Z")

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`Update` - We got a definitive answer from Coda here:

> [@Beta: Attachments \[Closed because we've launched!\]](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/beta-attachments-closed-because-weve-launched/18693/246):
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> Codans, can we get clarification if attachments count against the doc size? What about image previews / thumbnails? Thanks!

> [@Beta: Attachments \[Closed because we've launched!\]](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/beta-attachments-closed-because-weve-launched/18693/248):
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> No, images do not count against doc size. There will be a tiny amount of data required in the doc to point to the image, but that’s the only thing that would be included in doc size. It’s about the amount of text you would need for an HTML link to an image and that’s it.
