ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Iteratees

Okay kiddo, today we're going to learn about something called iteratees. An iteratee is like a little helper that helps you work with data. It's kind of like having a special tool in your toolbox that helps you do a complicated job.

Let's imagine that we have a big bowl of candy. We want to eat all the candy, but we don't want to eat it all at once because that would make us sick. So, what we can do is use a spoon to take little bites of candy at a time. The spoon is like an iteratee – it helps us work with the candy in a way that is safe and manageable.

Now, let's imagine that we have a big file with lots of information in it. We want to work with that information, but we don't want to load it all into memory at once because that would be too much for our computer to handle. So, what we can do is use an iteratee to read the file one little piece at a time. The iteratee helps us work with the file in a way that is safe and manageable.

So, an iteratee is a little helper that helps us work with data one piece at a time. It's like a spoon for candy or a tool for working with big files. Does that make sense, kiddo?