raindev

The link leads to a non existent article :|

I find the distinction important as it allows to establish a contract without falling into defensive programming. Null pointer analysis is great, I admit, but how it would help to write a library function without checking explicitly if its parameter is nil?

Yes, Maybe (Optional) is the way to go. The difference is, with nil you basically make every type optional allowing it to have nil as a value.

I don't see a reasons for null to exist in a new language in 2015.

Okay. I'm migrating my Wunderlist lists to plain text now.

Message about DDoS attack could cause another wave of DDoS performed by thousands of users continuously refreshing a website to see if it's up.

GitHub's website loads pretty fine for now. The team is working on the traffic filtering now, the status page said.

Right, just communicate directly with your colleagues when GitHub is down. This is exact workflow Git was designed to work with.

Wondering who is continuously DDoSign GitHub last time...