No-code isn’t only about building products and startups. It’s about saving time every single day.
About not wasting your brain on nonsense when it could be working on what matters.
🔹 EXAMPLE #1: switching home screens on a schedule
What happens: — in the morning your iPhone shows only work apps, — in the evening — only fun ones.
How to set it up:
- Create 2 home-screen pages: one with work apps, one with relaxing ones.
2 pages:
- Go to Settings → Focus and create a “Focus” mode.
Setting up the Focus mode:
- Link the right page to it and set a time (e.g. 08:00 to 16:00).
- Choose which notifications get through (e.g. only Telegram and calls).
- Repeat for a “Rest” mode (17:00 till night), but pick a different page and wallpaper.
🧠 It’s a simple no-code routine that cuts visual noise and helps you focus.
🔹 EXAMPLE #2: highlighted text → into Obsidian
Scenario: You’re reading an article or book on your iPhone. You spot an important idea. You want to save it to your Obsidian daily note — not by hand, but straight from the reading app.
How it works:
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Install the “Share to Obsidian” shortcut.
- Link to it — Shortcut
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Enter your vault’s name.
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Now: select text → tap “Share” → choose this shortcut → the text drops into your Obsidian daily note.
The "Share" button:
🔹 EXAMPLE #3: Spotify starts on its own
Scenario: You plug in your earphones — and the music starts by itself. No extra moves.
What to do:
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Install the “Play in Spotify” shortcut.
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Install link — Shortcut
Setting up the shortcut:
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Open Automations → tap the plus.
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Pick a trigger: Bluetooth → your device.
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Attach the action: start Spotify.
How to do it:
🎵 A small thing, but it saves you constant tapping.
🔹 EXAMPLE #4: a time limit on social media
Scenario: You open YouTube. After 10 minutes you get a notification: “Enough, back to work!”
What happens:
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A Shortcut fires a 600-second timer.
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Then it closes YouTube and opens, say, Obsidian.
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You don’t spend 2 hours on cat videos.
How I did it:
- Open the “Shortcuts” app
- Go to the Automations tab
- Tap the plus in the top right, then this
🔥 Useful if you want to keep discipline but don’t like hard limits.
🔹 EXAMPLE #5: a smart power-nap timer:
Problem: that 20-minute afternoon nap turns into a five-hour one. Solution: a one-tap automation:
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Turns on background noise (e.g. rain).
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Sets a 20-minute timer.
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Enables “Do Not Disturb”.
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Rings an alarm.
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Download link — 20-minute nap
💤 One button — recovery, not a lost two hours.
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