Howdy %Name%,
I was working with a client who’s an “old school” programmer.
He said something like
I’ll put it in my “primary system buffer for data exchange“
and it gave me a good laugh. I replied better known as “the clipboard”
Of course he knew he was talking to other “geeks” and that we’d understand his comment but there are a lot of programmers out there that don’t know their audience.
It’s one thing I watch for in the AHK Hero call
Isaias usually explains things at a very “simple” level where virtually anyone can understand however sometimes I’ll bring up a simple analogy to help explain the concept he is teaching.
I also make sure I listen carefully during our client calls and make sure things are explained to the clients at their level.
If you’re ever needing help deciphering techno-babble, remember we’re available…
Now on with the show…
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Learning how to Optimize Your Code
During one of last week’s AHK Hero calls we ended up spending the entire hour discussing some great tips for speeding up your code!
I extracted the entire call and you can level-up your coding skills by watching it here
Optimizing your Code – Level up today❗
Lessons Working with #Includes
A hero member had a few questions regarding using #includes.
We discussed the flow of your code in this AHK Hero Extract.
Lessons Working with Includes in AHK v2 – AHK hero Extract
If you’re new to Functions / #Includes you should check out our Intro to AHK course
New Functionality coming in AHK v2.1 (Currently in Alpha stage)
Isaias had created a new script for me but it had some “issues” when I went to launch it.
When he went to help me he realized he’d leveraged a new functionality that is available in the alpha version of v2.1 but not in the current released version (v2.0.)
We recorded a video showing the new functionality.
If you want to learn more about what is coming in v2.1 you can check out this video.
One New Functionality in AutoHotkey v2.1
Deeper dive into v2.1
If you care to learn more about what is coming in v2.1 I used NotebookLM to explain the ideas & benefits here
New Features available in AutoHotkey v2.1 (Currently Alpha)
Improving People’s Lives: Story #58
We’ve created a class for working with OpenRouter and now our client can simply choose a different model (instead of having to change the class he’s using for accessing the models.
This is a huge game changer❗
What we’re reading
- A USB-C Hub is a great upgrade for your phone
- Let Android’s Notification Channels help save your sanity
- How to use Tables in Google Sheets
- Top Android Keyboards
- Instantly close all of your Open Apps on Windows 11
AI / Chat GPT-3 News / Usage
- The shortcut AI Excel agent
- Creating Videos in NotebookLM
- Great tips for working with Chat GPT 5
⚡️Productivity tips: Recording in Zoom
Toggle Zoom Local recording with Alt+R
Toggle Zoom Cloud recording with Alt+C
A spot of Humor: Hilarious❗
Life after Death by Powerpoint (Clean)
What we utomated this week with AutoHotkey #97
In this video, I walk through a bunch of cool AutoHotkey projects I’ve been working on—both for clients and my own needs.
From tools that cut down on errors, speed up workflows, and automate the boring stuff, to fun little personal scripts (like warning my son when it’s bedtime ).
I share real-world examples of how powerful and versatile AutoHotkey can be.
You’ll get a peek at tools like my Error Capture, Simple File Renamer, and even a macro recorder—all designed to make your life easier.
What we automated with AutoHotKey #97
Clients say…
Again, thank you for all the support you give us. — Stephanie Holland
AHK Hero
Consider joining the AHK Hero club! Members receive 25% off courses, consultations, tutoring, done for you project work, etc. Currently we have over 448 hours of recordings teaching AutoHotkey that is exclusive to AHK Hero members❗
You can watch 1 hour a day for a year and not repeat content! That’s a lot of AHK Learning!
During this Friday’s call we’re planning to discuss:
- Help AHK Hero Members with their Questions & Code
- Update to Clipster– wait for clipboard format
- Need to fix the file copy and RTF
- Broadcasting messages to all Windows (hidden and visible)
- ClickTracker / Macro recorder
- Use of Ternary with notifications class (on a toggled item)
- Win32Control Helper Class
- Losing “New Lines” when Copying & Pasting
- Keeping track of times during AHK Hero calls
- Demo OpenRouter Class
They also have access to exclusive & pre-released content and a 3 hours a week where we help people with their AHK issues (the Saturday calls are geared towards people new to AutoHotkey.)
️ Quotable quotes
- A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve , not by the desire to beat others — Ayn Rand
- There are many tools out there for systematizing your marketing. Sadly there are not very many for systematizing your process — Joe Glines
- If you think education is expensive, try ignorance — Derek Bok
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P.S. Being able to explain the problem & solution to our clients, at their level, is something I’ve always taken pride in.
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