How we can secure 50% of the world's software.
Traditionally, formal methods have been mostly used for safety-critical systems like operating systems, hypervisors, and databases. We're extending this to formally and empirically verify code correctness and security for full-stack web apps, one of the most common types of applications*, using the Proof-Driven Development Kit (PDD Kit).
Coding agents now write code faster than anyone can review effectively. PDD Kit turns what the developer meant into a Verus specification. It then proves the AI-generated code meets that spec for every input.
Researchers
@alexlavaee,
@MatthaiP39719,
@Mappletons, and
@k_cieslak break down Proof-Driven Development x Chopin in the blog here:
*44.4% of respondents work as full-stack (27.3%), back-end (13.5%), or front-end (3.6%) developers. Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2026, n = 25,767.