Monads. That bit of cursed dark functional magic most developers don’t understand, and the ones that do mysteriously lose the ability to explain it… Or so we’ve been told. What if I told you, you already understand Monads? You’ve been using them for years. In fact, you very likely prefer them to other methods to accomplish the same kinds of things. Honestly, the worst part about Monads is the name – let’s be honest, it’s a terrible name – but apart from that, the concept is pretty cool! Let’s talk about Monads in JavaScript; what they are, what they’re good for, how you’re already using them, and how you can deliberately use them more often for profit AND fun. I PROMISE, you won’t be scared of Monads after this.