Howdy %Name%,
I recently went out for lunch and ordered one of my favorite items: Chicken wings. While the wings were good I was amazed at the price.
I paid over $16 for 10 wings
And I live in a low cost-of living area!
I know, since Covid, inflation has been driving chicken prices up but it really hit me how much this must be killing many businesses!
I then realized I needed to write this newsletter intro because many people probably don’t realize that,
when they automate a process, they are “inflation-proofing” their business❗
This happens because you’re basically removing the time/energy needed to perform a given action.
The more you can automate, the more you’ll be able to control your costs!
So, if you’re wanting world-class automation please feel free to take a look at our calendar and book a call.
Now on with the show…
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Auto-Setting your DPI
I love having hotkeys assigned to various DPIs so I can easily swap between them. I do that with our ActiveDPI adjuster which you can check out here.
But what if you want to programmatically change the DPI? That was the requirement for one of our clients so we created AutoSetDPI. You can check out how to use it in this video.
Automatically setting the DPI on your primary monitor with AutoHotkey
Creating a Pop-up Window
We have a lot of videos discussing creating GUIs with AHK V2. We even have this amazing course on the topic (which comes with a double your money back guarantee.)
An AHK Hero member asked us about creating a “child window” from a GUI and we hadn’t covered that so we made this video walking through how you can easily achieve this (and the benefits of them)
How to create a Pop up Window
SQLite is Incredible
Earlier this week I watched a video by Richard Hipp, the inventor of SQLite. The intro was a great overview then he dove very deep into how SQLite works. I borrowed the intro and created a podcast using NotebookLM (both of which can be found here).
A couple of amazing stats I learned were:
1) SQLite is often much faster than we can read files on our computer
2) SQLite can handle up to 281 terabytes of data!
BTW- we did a webinar on SQLite and AutoHotkey v1 which you can see here.
If you’re interested, you can get our SQLite AutoHotkey v2 class here.
BTW- This video was also fascinating. It looks like you can possibly speed-up your queries by 10X by using Wal mode.
SQLite’s WAL mode is fast fast
16 +1 times AutoHotkey IS Case Sensitive
Even pros don’t realize that, at times, AutoHotkey is Case Sensitive. We came up with 17 times that the case of your text matters with AutoHotkey. Don’t miss this video as it can save you a ton of headache!
16+ 1 bonus “gotcha” times AutoHotkey is Case Sensitive
Improving People’s Lives: Story #35
Over the years I’ve been helping a local Mexican restaurant. Lately, due to inflation, weather, etc. they’ve really been struggling and reached out to ask what they can do.
I decided to double-down on my help and met with our mayor to discuss ways we can help all local businesses.
We’re starting with fundamentals like: Have a business page on website/Facebook/Google maps, etc. which also has: working hours, contact info, pictures of work, referrals, etc.
My next goal is to help businesses connect with each other to cross-promote as well as setup tools where they can contact their customers via email or text.
Currently I’m not charging for any of our time / resources. Just trying to help others in my community out.
What we’re reading
- Don’t get tricked into Scamming Yourself
- Doom & Tetris Inside A PDF Document
- Excel finally has a Dark Mode on Windows
- How to see / Photograph Six Planets in the Sky during January
AI / Chat GPT-3 News / Usage
- 7 Chat GPT hacks to maximize your productivity
- MiniMax unveils Opensource LLM with industry-leading 4M token context
- DeepSeek R1 performs as well as Open AI’s o1 model! (I got some great AHK v2 code out of it!)❤️
- DeepSeek AI improved itself towards SuperIntelligence!
⚡️Productivity tips:
Ctrl + Shift + E: Track changes in Microsoft Word
A spot of Humor The BBC Office is a guilty pleasure of mine
The Office (ORIGINAL) Territorial Army
Client’s say…
“You guys changed my life! Thanks man” — Marrion Mentoor
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 369 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
- Example tasks you should use AI for verse Program directly
- Replacing / changing variable names in editors vs an IDE like VS Code
- Programmatically Determining the Delimiter
- Copying specific files from sub-folders
- Stopping a sound from being played
- FileMove, FileDelete, and FileRecycle
- Finding a “free key” for triggering scripts
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
- Success comes from failure. Not from memorizing the right answers. — Donald Trump
- Automation is inevitable , and the way we embrace it will define our future. Let’s make sure it’s a future we’re proud of — Elon Musk
- What gets measured gets improved — Joe Glines
- S.Y.S.T.E.M. Save Your Self Time Energy & Money — Someody Very Smart
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P.S. As I mentioned in the intro, Automation is an incredible way to contain / limit costs.
When you automate a process you basically put it “on a diet” and in a “time capsule”.
The cost typically becomes a small fraction of what it was and stays that way until you make a change!
So, if you have something that is costing you time/money why not Shink & Freeze that price!
Of course, we’re happy to help you on that journey. Simply check our calendar and schedule a consultation.
