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# How to Trust Code You Didn't Write


- **Date:** Friday, Sep 25, 2026
- **Time:** 09:00–09:30 (30 min)
- **Room:** Tech Leaders Stage
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

Every engineering leader now ships code no one on their team has read. The old guarantees don't transfer: human review can't cover machine output, and tests generated by the same models that wrote the code prove less than they appear to. Some teams respond with better review, some with harder testing, some with mathematical proof - and in software where failure costs real money or lives, the bar is higher still. What it actually takes to trust machine-written code, which guarantees are real today, and which are still promises.

## Speakers

### [Jeff An](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@jeff-an)

Co-founder and CTO of Momentic
### [Itamar Friedman](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@itamar-friedman)

CEO & Co-founder of Qodo
### [Shubho Sengupta](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@shubho-sengupta)

CTO of Axiom Math
### [Francesco Ciulla](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@francesco-ciulla)

Head of DevRel at Zerops| Docker Captain


## Related talks at this congress

- [Manufacturing trust: speed and safety in the age of agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1870-manufacturing-trust) — Mark Cavage
- [State of the Software Factory](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1742-state-of-the) — Dexter Horthy
- [On the Public Clock: Open-Source Defense When You're Not in the Club](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1683-on-the-public-clock) — Nicholas Muy
- [Supply Chain Security When Agents Write the Code](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1920-supply-chain) — Ajeet Raina

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