Golang and the Billion Dollar Mistake

Опубликовано: 22 Март 2026
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When using Golang (even the most recent release of Go 1.22) you always need to be careful of the effects of the code you write. In this example I showcase what happens with nil values, and nil pointer dereferences in go.

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https://codefibershq.com/blog/golang-...
https://www.infoq.com/presentations/N...
https://github.com/uber-go/nilaway

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