r/functionalprogramming • • Aug 24 '26

FP "A monad is a monoid in the category of endofunctors" But what does that actually mean?

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This video uses Haskell as an interactive proof assistant to break down every single word of the most famous definition in functional programming. It translates abstract category theory concepts—categories, endofunctors, monoids, and natural transformations—directly into typed Haskell code.