Llmll: A goto-fail body, rejected before the edit lands
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3 judges. Scored by all three judges. Only the day’s top stories get the claim check. How far stories are checked
LLMLL is a programming language for AI agents that checks each agent-written function body against its contract before accepting it. A typed hole with a precondition and postcondition is handed to an agent, and the compiler sends the proposed body to an SMT solver, rejecting any body it cannot prove.…
Why it ranked
No. 95 of 111 with a score of 0.57. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.89) and substantiated (0.86), lowest on audience breadth (0.45). Placed No. 95, No. 94 by score alone: the 15th Programming & dev tools story of the day (−0.080). The placement terms move stories; they are not part of the score.
- AI judgeJudge 2claude-haiku-5-5
- A new verification-oriented language demo with concrete, reproducible diagnostics on a real bug class; technically substantive, though early-stage and somewhat self-promotional with scoped claims.
- AI judgeJudge 3gpt-5.6-luna
- A reproducible, technically detailed engineering demonstration of contract-checked agent edits, with diagnostics, implementation boundaries, and runnable examples. Its main limitation is early project maturity and a narrow verification fragment.
Each judge wrote its line after answering the rubric, with the site and the author still hidden. Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.57total under rubric v2.3
- Significance0.48
- Reader interest0.68
- Audience breadth0.45
- Practical relevance0.58
- Substantiated0.86
- Technical depth0.85
- New information0.89
- Counts against: Promotional0.14
- Counts against: Overclaim0.17
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SignificanceHow much does this change what people in tech know or can do? | 0.48 | 0.35 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.27 | +0.24 | +0.116 |
| Reader interestWould a well-informed senior engineer or tech founder want to read this today, and likely pass it on? | 0.64 | 0.55 | 0.86 | 0.68 | 0.31 | +0.26 | +0.178 |
| Audience breadthHow many people who build technology does it concern? | 0.52 | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.45 | 0.12 | +0.13 | +0.058 |
| Practical relevanceHow useful is it to someone who builds software or tech products? | 0.59 | 0.45 | 0.70 | 0.58 | 0.25 | +0.22 | +0.128 |
| SubstantiatedHow well is it backed? Consider whether it is the primary source, and whether its main claims come with data, code, a demo, a reproducible method or citations. | 0.97 | 0.70 | 0.92 | 0.86 | 0.27 | +0.05 | +0.043 |
| Technical depthHow technically substantive is it? | 0.97 | 0.75 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.22 | +0.05 | +0.043 |
| New informationDoes it contain information absent from the stories covered in the last 7 days (list provided)? | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.96 | 0.89 | 0.11 | +0.05 | +0.045 |
| PromotionalIs it mainly marketing with little substance (a press release, ad or sponsored post with no real information)? A launch post that carries real news is not promotional. | 0.08 | 0.30 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.27 | −0.19 | −0.026 |
| OverclaimDo the headline or conclusions claim more than the body supports? | 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.24 | −0.11 | −0.019 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.566 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.566 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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