[_Codemonkeyism]

Thanks.

About monads: Feared that too, will remove monad references and add something to the end about monads.

[hardwaresofton]

I don't know which guides you like, but I loved this one on monads: http://adit.io/posts/2013-04-17-functors,_applicatives,_and_...

I feel like the key to any successful monad explanation is going functors->applicatives->monads.