#58 Maximizing Productivity: Bookmarklets, Q Command-Line, RouteLLM, and DuckDB Extensions

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Bookmarklet Maker: Discover how to automate tasks with the Bookmarklet Maker, a tool for turning scripts into handy browser bookmarks.

RouteLLM Framework: Explore the RouteLLM framework by LMSys and Anyscale, designed to optimize the cost-performance ratio of LLM routers. Learn more about this collaboration at LMSys and Anyscale.

Q for SQL on CSV/TSV: Meet Q, a command-line tool that lets you run SQL queries directly on CSV or TSV files, simplifying data exploration from your terminal.

DuckDB Community Extensions: Check out the latest updates in DuckDB's community extensions and see how this database system is evolving.

Apple Intelligence and AI Maximalism: Explore Apple's AI strategy, their avoidance of chat UIs, risk management with OpenAI, and the shift of compute costs to users.

Being Glue: Delve into the challenges of being "Glue" at work. Explore why women are more likely to take on non-promotable work and how this affects career progression and workplace dynamics.