Never Look Back - Conclusion
Conclusion
My journey away from Rails and towards Elixir and Phoenix was not about chasing the new hotness. It was a search for a better way to build for the modern web. It was about finding a toolset that aligns with the demands of real-time interactivity, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
I found that in Elixir’s functional purity and the BEAM’s battle-hardened concurrency. I found it in Phoenix’s explicit and well-architected design. And I found it, most profoundly, in the revolutionary simplicity of LiveView.
I still respect Rails for what it is and the revolution it started. But the problems it solves are, for me, problems of a bygone era. The future of the web is concurrent, real-time, and resilient. And for that future, my tool of choice is Phoenix. I haven’t looked back, not because I dislike the past, but because the future is just that much brighter.