📡 /signal #9
— Claude Gets Lean, Django Gets Smart, and Security Gets Real
This week’s drop covers token efficiency in Claude, a new CLI tool for Django, a practical AD security scanner, and the quiet removal of a high-profile AI hardware page.
🧠 Claude 3.7 Launches Token-Efficient Tool Use on Amazon Bedrock
Claude 3.7 Sonnet now supports a new beta feature on Amazon Bedrock: token-efficient tool use. According to Jonathan Evans at AWS, this can reduce output token consumption by up to 70% when using function calling.
For builders integrating Claude into workflows, this may lower costs and improve response latency.
⚙️ django-smartcli Adds CLI Scaffolding for Django Projects
A new open-source tool — django-smartcli by Nathan Renard — introduces CLI scaffolding for Django apps.
It offers a command-line interface for generating models, serializers, views, and more, similar to tooling seen in frameworks like Laravel and NestJS.
The project is available on GitHub under the MIT license.
🛡️ AD Security Assessment Tool Launches Web and On-Prem Options
ADSecurityAssessment.com now offers a security assessment tool for Active Directory environments, with support for both cloud and on-premise deployments.
The tool provides detailed audits across AD configurations, helping security-focused teams identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
👀 OpenAI's Sam x Jony Page Removed Without Announcement
A microsite hosted by OpenAI — previously highlighting a collaboration between Sam Altman and Jony Ive — has been removed from public access.
The page is no longer available and was not redirected. No formal statement has been issued.
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