y as a joke. The joke is that the sentence sounds extremely complicated because of the jargon, but it's actually the easiest way of understanding monads.</p><p>By the end of this section you'll learn about the different categories of monoids (like monads) and why monads are used for <code>IO</code>. The goal ideally is that you'll leave this section without feeling the need to pick up any other resource for monads because you get it now.</p><h5 id="general-overview"><a href="#general-overview" class="anchor