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I think it is trust in the trust and verify sense. Meaning, we trust each other to do our best but let us verify that we are all on the same page and aren't bre

• joombaga 5y ago
  What is the "trust and verify sense"? I've been told this by managers before but I've honestly never understood it. "Trust" to me means "be willing to take action without further examination of the facts at hand". If I trust your code I wouldn't review it. But I don't trust your code, and I don't trust you to have taken all of the appropriate considerations when you were writing it. What's the difference between "trust but verify" and "don't trust, verify"? Is the phrase "trust but verify" an attempt to avoid damaging self-esteem? There seems to be some emotional/ego-based attachment to the concept of trust.
  • strken 5y ago
    I think it's differentiating total lack of trust ("all your PRs suck while mine are perfect, so I have to read yours") from universal fallibility ("your PRs are great, but all code has bugs, so we all review each other's code to catch some of them").
  • jayd16 5y ago
    Its a Reagan quote but in this context it means that you trust their intentions, effort etc, but its still worth checking.