[lisper]

OK, so the defining characteristic of a monad M is that:

a.M(b).M(c) = a.M(function(x){return b(x).M(c)})

So the next question is: why should I care about that pattern in particular?

[anon291]

You don't? There's nothing special about monads. I don't know why everyone cares so much about them.

There are a few generic transforms you can use to avoid boilerplate. You can reason about your code more easily if your monad follows all the monad laws. But let's be real.. most programmers don't know how to reason about their code anyway, so it's a moot point