That is NULL?!? That's NOT possible! or is IT? #jesprotech #nullsafety #...

When null safety appears to be failing we need to be sure if that is a fail or not. Kotlin null-safety makes a lot of promises. but we can easily misinterpret them. Here is one example. Do not forget to watch the full video version with 4 more examples of Kotlin mysteries.

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