AHK News 2025-06-05 Global disruption is here — and it’s just getting started❗

AutoHotkey Newsletter

Howdy %Name%,

Mary Meeker, a very well-known researcher, released this mind-blowing 340 page deck on AI Trends over the weekend and it is INSANE❗

As I mentioned there are 340 slides in her deck.  I’d say 2/3rds of them are mind blowing!

Below are my super-high level takeaways:

  • Growth of user base (adaptation of AI) is unprecedented
  • Both Electrical and Cost per Token has plummeted
  • AI is the #1 priority for the world’s corporate giants
  • AGI (where AI can learn / do anything people can do) will be achieved soon❗

I used NotebookLM to create a summary podcast which is very good and you can listen to here.

I can’t emphasize enough of just how much the world is going to be changing around us in the very, very near future.

So, if you’ve been casually sitting-back on AI, I highly encourage you to look closer / embrace it.

Our world is truly about to go through a transformation like we have never seen before!

Now on with the show…

Learn how to Master VSCode Make the switch to v2 Intro to AutoHotkey Intermediate AutoHotkey Intermediate ObjectsGUIs are Easy w/AutoHotkey Access all our Courses; Quit when you want

WhatCould-possibly-go-wrong


How to Compile Scripts in AutoHotkey v2- Beyond the Basics

A YouTube subscriber commented on our AHK v1 video (about compiling scripts) how to do the same thing in AHK v2.
While it can be very simple, I asked Isaias to walk through some of the lesser-known options in this video.   

How to Compile AutoHotkey v2 Scripts
How to Compile AutoHotkey v2 Scripts


Surprising Difference betweek Loops and SetTimers

During a call with our newest employee this topic came up.   Isaias gave a great mini-lecture about the important differences between Loops and SetTimers. 

Learn the surpising differnce between Loops and SetTimers | AHK Hero Extract
Learn the surpising differnce between Loops and SetTimers | AHK Hero Extract


18 ways to Automate programs with AutoHotkey

I’ve been helping level up a few AHK Hero members and reminded them about this webinar we put on a few years ago.
We talk about 18 ways to automate programs with AutoHotkey.
While we’ve added a couple to this list, the video is still a great overview of how you can use AutoHotkey to automate your programs.

AHK Hero Webinar: 18 Ways to Automate Programs with AutoHotkey

AHK Hero Webinar: 18 Ways to Automate Programs with AutoHotkey


Improving People’s Lives: Story #51

A client asked us to create a custom tool to replace his “snippet tool”.   I realized, we could directly import it into Prompt Assistant.   

But then he asked a very interesting question

Can Prompt Assistant send RTF text❓

I explained our Clipster library allows for pushing HTML or Pictures which he confirmed will work for him.


What we’re reading


AI / Chat GPT-3 News / Usage

  • To emphasize the point, I’m only going to link to the above mind-blowing 340 page deck on AI Trends.
    It should take you at least an hour but it is well worth going through the deck to get the point about just “how big” AI truly is going to be!   Or just listen to the above mentioned podcast

⚡️Productivity tips:  

In Windows Explorer F4 will Display /Jump to the address bar list


A spot of Humor:  

Games to Play With Your Child in Which You Barely Have to Move or Talk


What we utomated this week with AutoHotkey #88

In this video I talk through the 121 AutoHotkey scripts we worked on in the past week!

What we automated with AutoHotkey #88
What we automated with AutoHotkey #88


Client’s say…

While I learned a lot of stuff about AutoHotkey myself first through the official documentation,
it’s always nice to learn extra from third parties about certain topics, what potentially interesting libraries
are out there that I haven’t heard of or in general seeing how others use AutoHotkey and learning through that
accidentally something new is nice. I appreciate your time and effort! — Animan8000


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Consider joining the AHK Hero club! Members receive 25% off courses, consultations, tutoring, done for you project work, etc.    Currently we have over 420 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
  • Last Active Window (A) may not be Reliable & Understanding “Race Conditions“
  • Issue with : Get Active Path and DPI Adjuster
  • Using Task Scheduler to run AutoHotkey scripts
  • Gotcha when Using your own compiled script to launch AHK file
  • Debugging an executable: Using Output Debug
  • Binding a Parameter to a function
  • Sharing one patch to multiple / different repositories in GIT
  • FileLock Variable for keeping track of the status of your 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

  • Hire people that are over-performing in crappy jobs — Dan Kennedy
  • The object of life is to make your vocation your vacation. — Mark Twain
  • If you think education is expensive, try ignorance — Derek Bok
  • 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

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P.S. AI has been the focus of many of our AHK hero calls and I anticipate it being even more so in the future.
We are trying to incorporate AI in more and more of our tools and you should be too!
This short 3 minute video by Nate Jones helps emphasize this point.

 

AHK News 2025-05-22: The Best AI for writing AHK v2 Code

AutoHotkey Newsletter

Howdy %name%,

AI has come a long way since Jackie and I reviewed it 5 years ago!

It’s gone from being a novelty to something I use multiple times a day!

There are now too many AI tools out there to keep track of but the question specific for us (and you) is:

Which AI tool provides the best AutoHotkey v2 code “out of the box”❓

While not scientific I put them in the following rank order:

Up until a month ago I would have had Claude at the top however, recently, Grok has been able to deliver more often than Claude and it’s creating very advanced scripts with little nudging needed!

I should also mention that I’m a paying member of both Claude and ChatGPT.

I have created the following two custom projects in Claude which I find very helpful

The first one helps AI convert older scripts to v2.

The second one greatly reduces the amount of code that I both put it, and get out, of Claude.

I instruct Claude to use my libraries to help with my code and (most importantly) when it uses them, to refer to them with #Includes (as I’ve given it the local path to libs on my computer)

How about you❓

What’s your favorite AI tool for writing AHK V2 code❓

Now on with the show…

Learn how to Master VSCode Make the switch to v2 Intro to AutoHotkey Intermediate AutoHotkey Intermediate ObjectsGUIs are Easy w/AutoHotkey Access all our Courses; Quit when you want

notCrossPlatform


Sending Code in Telegram

In this short video we show 3 ways you can easily send your code in Telegram.   

AHK hero members love this because it let’s us review their issues very easily in our Private Telegram group AHK Membership has it’s privileges❗

Three Easy Ways to Paste Code in Telegram
Three Easy Ways to Paste Code in Telegram


Copy On Click❗

In our AI Transcribe and Summarize tool I wanted to, easily, copy the tags in an edit field to the clipboard.

This was trickier than I expected but Isaias got us there and walks us through in this video.

How to Easily Copy Edit field to the Clipboard

How to Easily Copy Edit field to the Clipboard


Fat Arrows are Easier than you think❗

A few weeks back, during a Hero call, Isaias showed us how, and more importantly when, to use Fat Arrows.

It was a great clip so I extracted it and share it in this video

⚡ AutoHotkey v2 =ᐳ Fat Arrows That Supercharge Your Scripts❗
⚡ AutoHotkey v2 =ᐳ Fat Arrows That Supercharge Your Scripts❗


Improving People’s Lives: Story #50

Our client had ~65 medical terms that were lacking what they were associated with.

So I created a project in claude all of which used the same prompt and asked for a bulleted list of output.

In about 10 minutes I had it all done with great reports that will take very little editing.


What we’re reading


AI / Chat GPT-3 News / Usage


⚡️Productivity tips:

In Microsoft Outlook you can mark an email as being “unread” by hitting   Ctrl+U


A spot of Humor:

I remember seeing this Brady Bunch clip when I was a kid.

Yes; you can be “too efficient”

Being too Efficient

Being too Efficient


What we utomated this week with AutoHotkey #87

This week I walk through 91 AutoHotkey scripts we worked on last week with AutoHotkey.

87 What we Automated with AutoHotkey #87
87 What we Automated with AutoHotkey #87


Client’s say…

The Automator is an amazing resource I use it weekly. — David Burk


Cartoon superhero mascot in green costume beside the bold text AHK Hero on a yellow background 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 417 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
  • Sharing one patch to multiple / different repositories in GIT
    • Getting a list of Files but not folders Recursively
    • Performance difference Pushing items into a list (as object verse String)
  • Using your own compiled script to launch AHK file; the order of parameters matters!
  • Debugging an executable
  • Binding a Parameter to a function
  • Notifyv2 / Get Active Path and DPI
  • FileLock Variable for keeping track of the status of your 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

  • Whatever Your Mind Can Conceive and Believe, It Can Achieve — Napoleon Hill
  • Create exceptional Opportunities for Exceptional People — Dan Kennedy
  • If it doesn’t make dollars, it doesn’t make sense — Grandma

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Joe, Isaias, Irfan, Denilson and staff


P.S. Are you struggling with AI❓  We regularly discuss best practices during our AHK hero calls.  You should check out the program! It’s an amazing deal!