Why Monads Are Overrated in Programming
By
Bogdanp
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
The article critiques the overemphasis on monads in programming, particularly in the context of the language Я. It humorously dismisses the necessity of monads while still acknowledging their conceptual utility. The piece includes a tutorial-like explanation of monads, functors, and natural transformations, but with a unique twist to avoid redundancy.
Key quotes
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It’s not a clickbait, there are no monads in Я.
I still use monadic/comonadic adjectives just as a habit to describe stuff like binding and extension.
Imagine that there is some covariant functor called T.
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