Brian Beckman: Don't fear the Monad
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Microsoft's Brian Beckman gives an hour-long, whiteboard-style walk through monads, building from function composition and monoids using school-level math. It is aimed at practicing programmers rather than category theorists.
Why HN recommends it: HN repeatedly recommends it as the clearest and most correct beginner explanation of monads, with several commenters saying it finally made them click.
“This video is all you, as a practicing programmer, need to know about monads and it's just 1 hour long.” Read on HN ↗