whitakerch

I've seen different arguments on this topic and thought I'd ask HN if you all have a standard for this.

Say you have a form that's filled out and saved to a DB. One required field is a dropdown with Yes and No. But the field begins as blank to show that a value hasn't been selected yet, ensuring that the User pays attention to the field.

Do you use a Nullable Bit (DB) and Nullable Bool (Code)? OR an Enum: Yes, No, Unset?

You wouldn't use a boolean to represent states like say New, Processing, Done. But do you consider NULL a separate "state"?

Thanks

I'm a Corporate Dev.

If I wanted to take a break out of this life, are there any Nonprofit Opportunities available that would need my skillset? Where I could travel somewhere, teach basic computer/programming skills, help support various technical infrastructure for the org, etc.