Monad
Noun · Development
Definitions
A design pattern from category theory that wraps values in a computational context, providing bind and return operations to chain operations while handling side effects, nullability, or asynchrony.
In plain English: A pattern for chaining operations together while automatically handling messy stuff like errors, missing values, or side effects behind the scenes.
Example: "A monad is just a monoid in the category of endofunctors. What's the problem?"