> Markdown version of [/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1742-there-s-no-dark](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1742-there-s-no-dark). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md).

---

# There's no dark factory without better software verifiers


- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

While the "do you have to read the code" debate rages on, we've been hard at work figuring out how to get models to write code that gets better over time, not worse. We'll discuss why current model training approaches and benchmarks checking "do the tests pass" are not enough, and how we're approaching evaluating the long-term-quality of LLM-generated code.


## Speaker

### [Dexter Horthy](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@dexter-horthy)

Co-Founder, HumanLayer


## Related talks at this congress

- [Agents Can't Iterate Against Tests That Lie](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1700-agents-can-t-iterate) — Rocky Warren
- [Your Evals Passed. Your Agent Just Emptied a Database.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1684-your-evals-passed) — Tejas Pravinbhai Patel
- [When Humans Stop Writing Code: Rethinking Languages, Compilers, and Responsibility](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1709-when-humans-stop) — Simon Auer
- [Evals Are Infra: Building AI Systems Developers Can Actually Trust](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1701-evals-are-infra) — Phoebe Wang

## Watch remotely

Can’t make it to San José? Watch this session live with Pro. You also get:

- All full videos, bookmarks, and playlists
- World Congress livestreams

[See pricing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/pricing)

## Links

- [Get tickets](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america/tickets)