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18 SEP 2026 · Paper

This paper creates a system called CodeMidas that turns existing open-source code into environments for training coding agents using reinforcement learning. Practitioners might care because it could lead to more diverse and effective coding agents that can learn to fix issues, construct code, and verify their own work.

17 SEP 2026 · Hacker News · 608 pts · 314 comments ↗

Bend is a fast, parallel, and proof-based programming language that compiles to native code, running on GPUs and achieving speeds up to 100 times faster than a single-core processor. Its type checker, inspired by Lean and Rocq, verifies code correctness in seconds, enabling rapid feedback for AI agents. By incorporating laws and proofs, Bend blocks AI mistakes and ensures ambiguity-free code. AI summary