Mike Ernst wrote about the downsides of Optional in Java some time back https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~mernst/advice/nothing-is-better-than-optional.html http

Mike Ernst wrote about the downsides of Optional in Java some time back https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~mernst/advice/nothing-is-better-than-optional.html https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~mernst/advice/nothing-is-be... with pluggable type checking it is possible to use `null` safely in Java