Howdy %Name%,

Here are two graphs that are why I’m not worried about losing business to AI (yet)

I’m proud to say most Hero members fall between the red and yellow squares ❗

Here is another interesting graph I researched and created.   Fiverr and UpWork revenue since 2019

I’m sure there are losers as well as winners in that chart but, if you’re embracing AI then I’m willing to bet you’re on the winning side!

How about you❓   Want to be one of the 3.2 million in that red square🟥❓  

If you’re serious about using AI + AutoHotkey like this, the Hero group is where we actually build this stuff together.

Now on with the show…

We finally launched AutomateMyTask  in v2

This is a phenomenal executable for writing Fuzzy matching image search v2 code❗

You can check out the fundamentals in this video or click here to learn more about AutomateMyTask .

I also have this AmT playlist which has very short, to-the-point videos!

🚀 AutoHotkey V2 Tool That Writes Code FOR YOU! (Game Changer)

If you’re new to working with Functions check out our Intro to AHK Course

Pros / Cons of various ways to use Claude Code

I’ve been using the Claude Desktop app to work with Claude but then switch to using VS Code.  Surprisingly there were big differences!  And then you have the Chrome Extension not to mention Cowork so I asked Notebook LM to help explain the Pros & Cons of each approach. 

AutomateMyTask  lets you visually capture elements and instantly generate working AutoHotkey v2 code—no guessing, no trial-and-error.

The video turned out great!

🚀 Claude Code: CLI vs VS Code Extension – Which One is right for you❓

How much should you pay for AI

Obviously it is tough for me to say how much you should pay for AI however I can tell you this.  I was being overly stingy❗

In this video I explain how I finally realized that I was being an idiot and switched to the Max $100 a month plan.   My guess is you should upgrade too!

💸 From $20 to $200: My Claude AI Upgrade Journey | AHK Hero Extract

Make sure Goldilocks gets the right AI model

While we’re on the topic of paying for AI, in this video I walked through how you can make it easier to decide which model you should be using (depending on the task you’re asking AI to do for you.)

💸 From $20 to $200: My Claude AI Upgrade Journey | AHK Hero Extract

Improving People’s Lives: Story #88

I spent an hour the other day showing a friend of mine how easy it was to use Claude Code through VS code.   Now he’s leveled up and is creating tools that he never dreamed possible!

📚 What we’re reading

• Use Peacock to change the outline colors of your VS Code window
• The gold standard of optimization (Thanks Thomas❗)
• How do AirTags Work

🤖 AI News that you Need to Know

• Open AI is Killing Sora❗
• Here’s a library of thinking prompts for Claude
• Use AI to organize your to-do list
• Learn how to use AI to optimize your work with the Kaparthy AutoReearch (Thanks Ryan Wells!)
• Microsoft releases MarkItDown (Thanks again Ryan)  Learnmore here

⚡️Productivity tips:  

Use Control+Shift+P to open the “Command Palette in VS Code

🤣 A spot of Humor:

This is, quite possibly, the worst movie ever made❗   Don’t’ say I didn’t warn you❗

After Last Season (2009) 

What we 🅰utomated this week with AutoHotkey #127

In this week’s video I show you a ton of the tools we’ve been building lately

From a headline scoring tool inspired by legendary copywriters, to an icon finder that uses AI embeddings so you can search by concept instead of keywords (search “fly” and it finds airplanes!).

I also walk through some slick UIA Inspector upgrades that auto-generate your automation code and a bunch of other goodies like image converters, notification systems, and FFMPEG updates.

If you’re curious how AI is supercharging what’s possible with AutoHotkey, you’ll want to check this one out.

What we Automated with AutoHotkey #127

Clients say…

You guys are awesome — Allen Horn

  Hero 🦸

Consider joining the 🦸Hero club! Members receive 25% off courses, consultations, tutoring, done for you project work, etc.    Currently we have over 539 hours of recordings teaching AutoHotkey that is exclusive to AHK Hero members❗

During this Friday’s call we’re planning to discuss:

• Help Hero Members with their Questions & Code
• AHK Script Maker: Check for update, Dash
• Using Try/Catch in your code
• AutomateMyTask – released in v2
• Send/Post Message Syntax writer
• UIA / Message Syntax writer hybrid
• Using Peacock with VS Code
• Setting default values in an ini file

They also have access to exclusive & pre-released content and 3 hours a week where we help people with their AHK issues (the Saturday calls are geared towards people new to AutoHotkey.)

🗣️ 💭 Quotable quotes

• There are no secrets to success only things you don’t happen to know right now — Joe Glines
• Learn how to calculate the future cost of your bad decisions — Joe Glines
• Don’t sacrifice peace of mind for a piece of luxury — James Cleary

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P.S. I’ve had an insanely productive week using AI to write tools for us! 

If your struggling with AI then you really should consider joining our Hero club!  I guarantee you’ll level you up every meeting❗