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slug: verify-before-trust
title: "Verify Before Trust"
summary: "Trust should be earned through verification, not assumed because of the source."
order: 5
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Trust should be earned through verification, not assumed because of the source.

Whether work comes from a junior engineer, a senior architect, or an AI model, it should be verified in proportion to the risk it carries. Verification is the mechanism that allows autonomy to increase safely over time.