📝 Add docs recommending `Union` over `Optional` and migrate source examples (#4908)

📝 Add docs recommending `Union` over `Optional` and migrate source examples (#4908)

* 📝 Add docs recommending Union over Optional

* 📝 Update docs recommending Union over Optional

* 📝 Update source examples for docs, recommend Union over Optional

* 📝 Update highlighted lines with updated source examples

* 📝 Update highlighted lines in Markdown with recent code changes

* 📝 Update docs, use Union instead of Optional

* ♻️ Update source examples to recommend Union over Optional

* 🎨 Update highlighted code in Markdown after moving from Optional to Union