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by cj 671 days ago
“I trust that you believe your code is correct, now let’s double check”.

Or maybe the proverb needs to be rewritten as “feign trust and verify”

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Or assume good faith but, since anyone can make mistakes, check the work anyway.

That's a bit wordy but I'm sure someone can come up with a pithy phrase to encapsulate the idea.

"Trust, but verify"?