Howdy,
I was reading this article and, in the executive summary, this claim shocked me!
Nearly half (47%) of employees using AI say they have no idea how to achieve the productivity gains their employers expect, and 77% say these tools have actually decreased their productivity and added to their workload.
Seriously what in the world⁉️⁉️
Clearly they’re not subscribed to this newsletter or our YouTube channel!
Because we are constantly talking about how AI can make you VASTLY more productive!
Now on with the show…
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Perhaps I need to change this to AI instead of AutoHotkey…
Making the most of Fable5
Fable5 is an amazing programming model, but it can burn through your tokens crazy fast!
In this extract we discuss how to use Fable5 for planning instead of for development.
Claude Fable 5 Cost Me $46 But Here’s the Smart Way to Use It | Hero Extract
Why AutoHotkey Rocks
Often people wonder why not use other languages like Python, C++ or Rust.
They have their place (and lately I’ve been combining AutoHotkey with Rust a lot) but, in this video, we help remind people why AutoHotkey still has a place in your toolbox.
Why AutoHotkey Destroys Python for Windows Automation | Hero Extract
Our Notification Class now has buttons
Our Notify Class was crazy helpful in conveying information to people however we didn’t have a way to present buttons to people and let them trigger actions.
In this video Irfan walks through how to now use buttons so you can make decisions and add logic.
We then go on to show the notifications near the mouse (so we can have “fancy tooltips”).
AI Built This Notification System in Minutes You Need to See It | Hero Extract
Making a Quick Video Editor
In this video I show how we updated Quick Raw Edit so it can not only trim but remove pieces “in the middle”. For quick edits it is super handy!
We Built a Video Editor in 20 Minutes Using AI Here’s How | Hero Extract
Improving People’s Lives: Story #109
I have a printed out menu from Burgers and More, a place right up the road from where I live. When I went to place my order online there was a $2.50 “convenience fee” being charged on my $9.99 burger.
For fun I uploaded pictures of the print menu and asked Fable5 to create a Progressive Web App.
15 minutes later it had created an app for them! I’m now talking to them about how they could use it and save their customers the $2.50 fee.
You can check out this version which is not connected to their account.
What we’re reading
- 9 everyday items to use as NFC triggers in your smart home
- These new Excel features will surprise you
- How to improve your router setup at home
AI News that you Need to Know
- GrokBot is here
- Funny things you need to consider with AI Security
- Claude SEO
- This $3,999 AMD mini PC replaces expensive cloud AI
- The Problem with AI Websites
⚡️Productivity tips: Don’t forget this one. It can keep you out of trouble!
Ctrl+Shift+Delete – Clear browsing data
A spot of Humor: Summer is here❗
Best Summer Fails EVER | 100% Stupid and Naughty
What we utomated this week with AutoHotkey #143
I’ve been ripping through Rust conversions this week, and the size difference is nuts: 2MB tools doing what a 130MB FFmpeg build was doing.
I built a webcam picture-in-picture recorder, an audio cleaner for court transcriptions, my own File Explorer with drive assignments and Dropbox links, and an XP file search with date and size filters.
In this week’s video I walk you through all of them, plus the AI model benchmark, and the updated PWA ordering app for Burgers & More that I mentioned above.
What we Automated this week #143
Clients say…
I had no idea you could do this with AutoHotkey — Jim F.
AHK Hero
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During this Friday’s call we’re planning to discuss:
- Help Hero Members with their Questions & Code
- AHK Tools
- Borrowing Firefox Cookies
- XPLorer (AHKExplorer & XP search)
- Launching with a path
- Adding FastCopy
- Remove Windows Bloatware
- A2A /Agent to Agent instead of SEO
- WatchFolders example
- Rust Tools
- Updating Rust tools to provide Get Active Path with the path of the program
- OneTake – Initial file uploaded to YouTube not being recognized properly
- Radiologist ICD-10 Lookup tool
- Built-in Hotkeys
- Creating system tray & using System tray Icon
- Creating Triggers class in Rust
- MediaProbe
- PhoneDeck
- FastCopy
- Progressive Web Apps
- Burgers and more
- HenHouse
- Septic Company Website
They also have access to exclusive & pre-released content and 2 hours a week where we help people with their automation issues.
️ Quotable quotes
- A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve , not by the desire to beat others — Ayn Rand
- You’re like a dull knife that just ain’t cutting. You’re talking loud and saying nothing — James Brown
- Tip twenty percent. If you’ve never worked in a job where you had to be nice to rude people, tip even more. You won’t start a trend, but you will make someone’s day and generate good karma — John Carlton
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