lecture · intro · evergreen
Brian Beckman: Don't fear the Monad
jasonofthel33t · Nov 21, 2012 · 1h 7m
What this video covers
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 it surfaced in Hacker News
HN repeatedly recommends it as the clearest and most correct beginner explanation of monads, with several commenters saying it finally made them click.
- 9
- distinct recommenders
- 10
- recommendation months
- 2
- strong recommendations
Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“This video is all you, as a practicing programmer, need to know about monads and it's just 1 hour long.”
“I urge people spend an hour of their life and get the explanation of all this from someone who knows the math”
“Here's a nice video that explains monads fairly simply”