Yes, that is a much better explanation of Monads. My experiences mirror yours. Monads didn't make sense to me, while at the same time I was happily using opt

Yes, that is a much better explanation of Monads. My experiences mirror yours. Monads didn't make sense to me, while at the same time I was happily using option and future and thinking how cool it was I could nest flatmap calls by using the for syntax. Then one day.....