Yes I think the The Functional Core, Imperative Shell Pattern is a good way to do things. But somethings take a bit of ramping up. Like the option type, it is

Yes I think the The Functional Core, Imperative Shell Pattern is a good way to do things. But somethings take a bit of ramping up. Like the option type, it is great and works well with pattern matching. If you don't know why exhaustive pattern matching with union types and options instead of nulls is amazing then it just feels like coding with your hands tied.