Null is the Billion Dollar Mistake but not because null exists but because most developers aren’t… | by Jorge Castro | Medium

Null is your friend, not a mistake

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1 min readMar 19, 2019

Null is the Billion Dollar Mistake but not because null exists but because most developers aren’t disciplined.

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