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I have no idea how much time I’ve spent doing monads because I still don’t know what they are. It’s possible I’ve done “monadic” things in the code I already wr

I have no idea how much time I’ve spent doing monads because I still don’t know what they are. It’s possible I’ve done “monadic” things in the code I already write, but I have no idea. I don’t know any Haskell at all, and it seems to be the only language out there where people think monads are a thing you need to learn, so I definitely have no motivation to learn them outside of curiosity. But I am curious about them, enough to read every tutorial I come across about them. But I still have no idea what they are.

kelseyfrog 5y ago
It's definitely possible you've already done monadic things in code. If it's any consolation, I would not have ever been able to grasp monads by reading tutorials alone and the monad laws are simply too abstract for me to have envision a concrete usage. I learned without touching Haskell at all and it's my opinion is that Scala + Cats is a much easier onramp to monads than Haskell. You sound like a kind and curious person. If you ever want a one-on-one walkthrough please reach out to me (email in bio). Everyone deserves the chance to understand something if they want to.