[jberryman]

I don't want to be an ass, but this seems like a lot of vague contradictory rambling. Maybe I missed some big ideas in the parts I skimmed?

[rapala]

I was also a bit confused. He said that stuff like monads are nice, but not that useful in the end. On the other hand, he seemed concerned about how to enforce best practices, to which I count monads in.