"Need" is always such a strong word, but Phoenix is particularly well-suited to real-time applications, and can scale pretty ridiculously off of them. Not to m

"Need" is always such a strong word, but Phoenix is particularly well-suited to real-time applications, and can scale pretty ridiculously off of them. Not to mention, Elixir is a joy to code in, and a lot of us are still experimenting with it, trying to figure out where it's going. So projects like this are a good outlet.