by HELLO EVERYONE!!! It’s November 14th, 2025, and you are reading the 87th edition of Codeminer42’s tech news report. Let’s check out what the tech world showed us this week!
NEWS for Ruby 4.0.0
Ruby 4.0.0 introduces key language changes like *nil no longer calling nil.to_a and fluent continuation for logical operators at line starts. Core classes update with promoted default gems (ostruct, logger) and new additions like win32-registry. Gems such as RubyGems and bundler receive updates. Ractor gains performance boosts and stability fixes. JIT enhancements include YJIT stats changes and experimental ZJIT.
OpenAI Could Be Blowing As Much As $15 Million Per Day On Silly Sora Videos – by Forbes
OpenAI’s Sora video app has exploded in popularity, hitting 4M downloads within weeks. The app generates millions of 10‑second AI clips daily, but at steep costs. Estimates suggest OpenAI spends ~$15M per day, or $5.4B annually, to run Sora. Analysts warn the economics are unsustainable, though GPU costs may drop over time. OpenAI is prioritizing market share now, with plans to monetize later.
Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign
Anthropic uncovered the first large-scale AI‑orchestrated cyber espionage campaign. A Chinese state‑sponsored group jailbroke Claude Code to infiltrate ~30 global targets. AI agents performed 80–90% of the attack autonomously, from reconnaissance to data theft. Targets included tech firms, finance, chemical companies, and government agencies. The case highlights both rising risks of agentic AI misuse and its potential for defense.
Rails Performance: 5 Critical Bottlenecks You’re Missing – by Shivam Chahar
Rails performance issues often stem from predictable bottlenecks. Quick wins like fixing N+1 queries, eager loading associations, and adding foreign key indexes can yield dramatic speed gains. Missing indexes, inefficient view rendering, and memory-heavy background jobs are common culprits, while modern bundlers and caching strategies boost both developer productivity and app responsiveness. Check it out to learn more about these critical bottlenecks.
Null-Safe applications with Spring Boot 4 – by Sébastien Deleuze
Spring Boot 4 uses JSpecify annotations for null-safe Spring APIs, slashing NullPointerException risks. Supports null-safety in Boot 4.0, Framework 7.0, Data and Security. Kotlin 2 maps JSpecify to native nullability. IDEs like IntelliJ 2025.3 offer nullability feedback. Enforce via build-time NullAway checks.
Android Trojan ‘Fantasy Hub’ Malware Service Turns Telegram Into a Hub for Hackers – by The Hacker News
Fantasy Hub is an Android RAT sold as MaaS on Russian Telegram channels. Enables device control, espionage: steals SMS, contacts, logs, media, notifications. Bot-driven subs ($200/wk, $500/mo, $4,500/yr) with C2 panel. Targets finance via 2FA interception, SMS handler abuse. Distributes via fake Google Play pages.
Software Engineering in Enterprise vs Product Companies – by Hemant Pandey
This article talks about how enterprise companies emphasize reliability, process, and customer‑driven features, often moving slowly to ensure stability. Product companies focus on speed, ownership, and data‑driven decisions, pushing rapid experimentation. Learning from both worlds makes engineers more adaptable—able to ship fast while keeping systems stable.
Building a CI/CD Pipeline Runner from Scratch in Python – by Muhammad Raza
Parse YAML for stages, jobs, deps and artifacts. Run jobs in isolated Docker containers, parallel via multiprocessing. Resolve deps with topological sort for order. Manage artifacts via workspace storage. Add vars sub, branch filters, timeouts for prod.
Why TypeScript’s “strict: true” isn’t enough. Missing compiler flags for production code – by Maksim Dolgikh
strict: true enables just 8 rules (e.g., strictNullChecks), missing noImplicitOverride, noPropertyAccessFromIndexSignature, exactOptionalPropertyTypes. These allow unsafe access, bad overrides, and imprecise optionals, risking runtime errors.
Languages, Tools & Framework releases
Kimi – AI assistant
Check it out Kimi, the all-in-one AI assistant – now with K2 Thinking, the best open-source reasoning model. Solves math & logic step-by-step, searches accurately, writes & codes with structure, with creativity and precision.
Hanami 2.3: Racked and Ready
Hanami 2.3 supports Rack 3 (with 2), handles upgrade changes. Reintroduces resource routing for RESTful, nestable/customizable. Routing perks: name prefixes, perf boosts, default multipart/JSON parsing, better requests. QoL: Git init in hanami new, setup scripts, console tweaks, auto task loads.
Node.js v25.2.0 (Current)
v25.2.0 adds util.deprecate options, stabilizes type stripping in modules, and includes napi_create_object_with_properties in node-api. Adds total_allocated_bytes to V8 HeapStatistics.
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And that’s all for this week! Wish you all a great weekend and happy coding!
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