At that point, why not go straight to monads?

https://github.com/fluture-js/Fluture/tree/11.x

I don't really get why people need to use async methods (regardless if they are promises or something else) when in fact they are implementing a blocking workflow where one method call needs the results of a preceding method call. It would be much easier to just use synchronized/blocking functions because then you get the desired behaviour for free and need not jump through hoops like promises chaining.

I get that there are APIs that are only available in an async fashion these days and I was forced to bolt on an blocking workflow on an async API myself and didn't particularly enjoy it.