I mean, I have a bone to pick with most web frameworks in that they leave a lot out of what I'd consider ready-to-go for an app. Phoenix does a number things be

I mean, I have a bone to pick with most web frameworks in that they leave a lot out of what I'd consider ready-to-go for an app. Phoenix does a number things better than most, like sane JS env, consideration of production vs dev configs, and some other stuff. Most out-of-box apps are too simple, and most web framework app skeletons are insanely overdesigned and, frankly, miserable. Certainly there are a number of big frameworks (django, rails) that can give you most things out of the box, but I'm not a fan of heavyweight frameworks in general. I think Phoenix strikes a great balance