It has been over two years since generics were introduced in Go. Have you done anything fun with it? I have! Ever since the "Creative Use of Generics Contest" at Gophercon 2021 I have been dreaming with a monads library implementation in Go. In this session I will walk you through the basics of generics, how I used it to build a monads library, the challenges, limitations and a comparison with non-generic Go. In the end, you will be the judge to the question: was it a good idea after all?

Topics include:
- Generics syntax: types, functions, interfaces
- Generics constraints
- Monads: what they are, what they eat, where they live
- An Option type implemented in Go