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CHEAP CODE MEANS FORMAL VERIFICATION IS REASONABLE NOW

One way to make sure that agents complete tasks correctly is to make them hill climb on verifiable problems. Comprehensive conformance test suites are valuable because they help guarantee that agents produce what developers actually want them to. TLA+ is a formal spec language for modeling complex systems with many moving parts. Formal languages have proof checkers and other ways of catching many of the types of hallucinations that language models create.

HOW SPACEX'S IPO CEMENTS ELON MUSK'S GRIP ON THE COMPANY

SpaceX has adopted a corporate governance policy that will erode typical shareholder protections and give Elon Musk virtually unchecked executive authority when the company goes public. It is combining supervoting shares, mandatory arbitration, stricter rules on shareholder proposals, and Texas corporate law to give Musk and other insiders broad control. The rules sharply limit investors' ability to challenge management, sue in court, and force votes on governance issues. It will protect SpaceX from the kind of criticism aimed at Tesla, where investors have challenged Musk on issues ranging from his pay package to the acquisition of his solar energy company, SolarCity.

TODAY CLICKUP REDUCED HEADCOUNT BY 22%

ClickUp is in the strongest position it's ever been in, but the company decided to cut 22% of its staff to operate at its highest level of productivity. The savings from the change will flow directly back to the staff who stay. The company plans to introduce million-dollar salary bands for staff who create outsized impact using AI. Staff affected by the cuts will receive packages aimed at honoring their contributions and easing the transition.

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