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Comments on No. 93 of 111 · Niko Matsakis (baby steps) · edition of Saturday 31 October 2026

'Trust but verify'; or, 'the correctness ratchet'

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The article describes a "trust but verify" technique for agentic software development: where requirements can't be mechanically checked, agents record their inputs and rationale in evidence files, and deterministic CI checks confirm those files exist and their inputs are current.

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