> But for the life of me, no forum post or FP tutorial that I could find explained monads in clear language. I've googled "what is a monad" once a year, only to

> But for the life of me, no forum post or FP tutorial that I could find explained monads in clear language. I've googled "what is a monad" once a year, only to get the vague idea that you need monads to handle IO. Another phrase to search for is "railway oriented programming"[0], which technically describes a monad called a Kleisli[1]. Still, there are many introductions in a lot of languages based on the term above. HTH EDIT: Something to keep in mind is that the term "monad" identifies a mathematical concept having well-defined behaviors, not a specific construct. So searching for "what is a monad" is akin to searching for "what is a happiness." 0 - https://medium.com/geekculture/better-architecture-with-railway-oriented-programming-ad4288a273ce https://medium.com/geekculture/better-architecture-with-rail... 1 - https://bartoszmilewski.com/2014/12/23/kleisli-categories/ https://bartoszmilewski.com/2014/12/23/kleisli-categories/