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AHK News 2025-08-14 – Why Your Code Explanations Might Be Too Nerdy

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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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AutoHotkey News 2025-06-19- The Price of Doing Things “The Way We’ve Always Done It”

Howdy %Name%,

Once upon a time there were Two villages and one well.

Every day, villagers trudged out from each city with buckets to get water.

It worked… kinda.

But if someone was sick, if it rained, or if the well ran low—tough luck.

Summers? Multiple trips just to keep crops and animals alive.

Then one village had a bright idea:

Build a system to pipe in water

It’d take time and effort, sure—but once done, they had fresh water on tap. No more buckets!

Under significant costs this village built their water system.

When done:

Their crops thrived
Animals were healthier
People were happier
The city grew because residents had time to do other things

They even built sanitation systems to improve health.

Life got easier and way better (in ways they had not anticipated ❗)

The other village?

They stuck with the bucket system. “Too much work” they said. “Too expensive.”

Over time, their best people left for the smarter village. Progress passed them by…

but hey, they still had their buckets

Does this Sound familiar %Name%?

A lot of businesses do the same. They keep doing things the hard way because “it works,” even though it’s draining them.

The truth? Real growth takes up-front work—but the payoff is massive (and long-term).

This is exactly why I’m so big on AHK!

AutoHotkey is your water system.

Yeah, there’s a learning curve—but once it’s set up? You save time, reduce errors, cut stress, and unlock crazy productivity.

Are you ready to ditch the bucket?

Check out some of the free resources I’ve got over at the-Automator.com or dive into one of the thousands of videos on my YouTube channel. Or check out my calendar and schedule a call.

Now on with the show…

How to Update a Running Script

Have you ever wanted to let your users click a “check for update” option and not only detect a new version is available but also have the new version replace the current running script❓

Isaias walks through how we do this in this video.

But, be forewarned, it is fairly complicated…

How to Update your Running AutoHotkey Script / Program | AHK hero Extract

Use AI to help Document your Programs

I realized that, with Google’s Gemini, you can share your screen (and now with Copilot also) and have AI explain your script for you. You can check out this video.

Use AI to help Document your AHK Scripts

Of course you can also use it to help you learn how to use tools and accomplish your goals.

The future truly is here!

Fixing Timing of your script

Don’t forget that, if you’re having issues with the timing of your script, you NEED to check this video out! We explain how you can make a minor tweak that will affect 48 AutoHotkey functions!

Fix AutoHotkey Timing Issues FAST with This Simple Trick!

Interrupting your AHK Scripts

During an AHK Hero call we discuss some of the cool ways to Suspend, Un-Suspend, and Pause your AutoHotkey scripts. I extracted the topic and put it in this video. We also discuss the #SuspendExempt directive.

Suspending, Unsuspending and Pausing – AHK Hero Extract

Improving People’s Lives: Story #52

I recorded a short video for a client and used our Window Snipping tool. While he loved the work we did, he also so just how powerful (and easy to use) the Snipping tool is.

BTW I also had a cool idea. Why not incorporate AI into the tool and have it auto-redact personal information.

I manually uploaded an image to Chat GPT to see how it would work. It did an amazing job!

Is this something you’d be interested in❓

If so, let me know and we’ll try and get it done sooner rather than later.