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Do you actually need a database?
Scott Hanselman thinks developers often overthink architecture—and he has decades of personal projects to prove the point.
His blog contains thousands of posts. His podcast has more than 1,000 episodes. Tiny Tooltown runs as a lightweight static site. Much of it comes down to files, JSON, caching, APIs, and choosing the simplest architecture that solves the actual problem.
Scott also shows how those APIs become building blocks for reusable AI skills.
A practical conversation about software architecture, AI coding, and resisting unnecessary complexity.
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Do you actually need a database?
Scott Hanselman thinks developers often overthink architecture—and he has decades of personal projects to prove the point.
His blog contains thousands of posts. His podcast has more than 1,000 episodes. Tiny Tooltown runs as a lightweight static site. Much of it comes down to files, JSON, caching, APIs, and choosing the simplest architecture that solves the actual problem.
Scott also shows how those APIs become building blocks for reusable AI skills.
A practical conversation about software architecture, AI coding, and resisting unnecessary complexity.
More from The Neuron: theneuron.ai
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![Mute Excessive Group Chat Notifications on Android [How-To]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xSicymfMXCw/mqdefault.jpg "Mute Excessive Group Chat Notifications on Android [How-To]
How to Silence Multiple Notifications at Once [Android 5.0+]
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In this video, Ill be showing you a new app called Mutifier that automatically silences excessive notifications when you receive more than one in a brief period of time.
This is perfect for those group chats you have going, when one person sends a picture, then 10 other people chime in with quick one-word responses. Youll still hear the first notification, and youll still actually get all of the notifications, but all of the extras after the first one will be muted automatically.
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![Cast Almost Any Web Video from Android to Chromecast or Fire TV [How-To]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xWgeStvrVMA/mqdefault.jpg "Cast Almost Any Web Video from Android to Chromecast or Fire TV [How-To]
How to Cast Videos That Chrome & Other Browsers Cant
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In this video, Ill be showing you a Chromecast-enabled Android browser called Cast Controller that lets you cast videos that other browsers cant handle.
Chrome lets you cast some videos, but a lot of websites explicitly prevent this on mobile, and others just dont work. This browser will cast pretty much any video that you can play on your smartphone, and it even works with Fire TV, so this is a great way to cast Instagram videos, for example.
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![Send Android SMS & MMS Using Apple Messages on Your Mac [How-To]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xYSVu7xvppg/mqdefault.jpg "Send Android SMS & MMS Using Apple Messages on Your Mac [How-To]
How to Send & Receive Android Texts from Your Mac [Giveaway]
Full Tutorial: http://bit.ly/andoridmac
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In this video, Ill be showing you how to set up an app called SMS for Apple Messages that lets you send and receive SMS or MMS messages using the Apple Messages app on your Mac.
The messages use your regular carrier number, so its just like the experience you would get if you had an iPhone paired with your Mac (minus iMessage, of course). And now, thanks to a few big updates to this awesome app, MMS and group messages are now supported, as well as end-to-end encryption.
Were also doing a promotional giveaway for the pro service offered by SMS for Apple Messages. Normally, you can send up to 5 messages per day with the free version, but its $4.99/year or $29.99/month to get unlimited access to this service. However, with the promo code you can find at my full tutorial, youll only have to pay $1.99 for the full year to get premium access.
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![Add Shoulder Buttons to Any Phone [How-to]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y02cay9FQes/mqdefault.jpg "Add Shoulder Buttons to Any Phone [How-to]
Give Your Phone Shoulder Buttons with Stuff Laying Around the House
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In this video, Ill be showing you a cool little hardware mod that you can do with a few things you probably already have at home.
With two strips of aluminum tape, four strips of masking tape, and a pair of scissors, you can add shoulder buttons to any smartphone and make mobile gaming a lot less awkward. Sure, its not the most visually appealing mod, but it works like a charm and could help a lot in PUBG or Fortnite.
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![Add a Power On/Off Sound to Your iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, or 14 Pro Max [How-To]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yCVfNVEsp-0/mqdefault.jpg "Add a Power On/Off Sound to Your iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, or 14 Pro Max [How-To]
How to Enable Shutdown and Power Sounds on iPhone 14 Models
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The new iPhone 14 series models have a feature that no other iPhones have: a power on and off sound. Its not enabled by default, so youll have to activate it to hear any sounds when you shutdown and boot up your iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, or 14 Pro Max.
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![Take & Share Photo Spheres Using the Google Camera - iPhone + iPad [How-To]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ypMUnGZuGqs/mqdefault.jpg "Take & Share Photo Spheres Using the Google Camera - iPhone + iPad [How-To]
Take & Share Photo Spheres Using the Google Camera - iPhone + iPad [How-To]")
![4 Noteworthy New Indie Apps of the Week [Mar. 15]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z0DduM6_o8k/mqdefault.jpg "4 Noteworthy New Indie Apps of the Week [Mar. 15]
4 Useful Apps Released Recently by Independent Devs
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App Links:
1. iChooseTo: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsofuse.ict
2. Last Time: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kizitonwose.lasttime
3.Tetrd: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.robskie.tether
4. Sorted: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theneweraapps.sorted
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![Completely Customize Androids Power Menu with Material Design [How-To]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zBwp5uOeq0g/mqdefault.jpg "Completely Customize Androids Power Menu with Material Design [How-To]
How to Get a Fully-Customizable Material Power Menu [Xposed]
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In this video, Ill be showing you how to use an Xposed module called NeoPowerMenu to fully customize Androids power menu–complete with Material Design.
To get this one going, youll need to be running Android 5.0 or higher. In addition to that, youll need to have the Xposed Framework installed, and youll also need to be rooted. Aside from that, setup is fairly simple, and youll get a beautiful, customizable power menu as a result.
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![Switch from SuperSU to Magisk & Pass SafetyNet [How-to]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zKqOzFSASQU/mqdefault.jpg "Switch from SuperSU to Magisk & Pass SafetyNet [How-to]
Switch to MagiskSU & Go Fully Systemless to Bypass SafetyNet
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Heads up: I explain Magisk at the beginning of this video, so skip to 2:14 if youre only interested in seeing how its done.
But this video outlines the process of undoing root changes, removing SuperSU, flashing Magisk, and getting your phone to pass Googles SafetyNet check. This should work for folks who were previously rooted with systemless SuperSU and currently have TWRP installed, and it should give you access to Android Pay, Pokémon GO, and Netflix.
NOTE: Custom ROM users wont be able to pass SafetyNet regardless, and Pixel users will have to use a different method.
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![Get Motivated by Using Your Pedometer to Lock Android Apps [How-To]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zVDDkRXtpwg/mqdefault.jpg "Get Motivated by Using Your Pedometer to Lock Android Apps [How-To]
How to Lock Out Apps Until Youve Reached a Goal [Android]
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In this video, Ill be showing you a cool little app called StepLock that uses the pedometer in newer devices as an app lock.
If your favorite apps have been keeping you from getting out and getting motivated, this app can help you use your smartphone addiction to your advantage. You simply pick out a time-wasting app, set a step count goal, and then you wont be able to use that app until youve achieved your goal.
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![Deleting Stock Apps on iOS 10 Doesnt Actually Remove Them [Proof]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zirpAYD80Ds/mqdefault.jpg "Deleting Stock Apps on iOS 10 Doesnt Actually Remove Them [Proof]
Apple Isnt Really Uninstalling Stock Apps in iOS 10
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iOS 10 now lets you remove stock apps–but not really. As you can see from this screen recording, when a stock app is deleted, it actually stays on the device.
After deleting a stock app, you can re-install through the App Store. But that shouldnt work with Airplane Mode enabled, because you wouldnt be able to download an app without a connection. Yet, as you can see, the app downloads just fine without an internet connection. This indicates that stock apps arent really deleted when you remove them, and instead, are just hidden from the home screen or temporarily disabled.
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