The thing that constantly gets me about Elixir and Phoenix is the default tends to be the correct way of doing it. Let me explain. For example, the other day,

The thing that constantly gets me about Elixir and Phoenix is the default tends to be the correct way of doing it. Let me explain. For example, the other day, I was looking at filtering a next parameter to remove the domain... however it's unnecessary as redirect/2 in phoenix if passed a URL rather than a path will throw an error by default. As an aside different exceptions will return different HTTP error codes - for example a database not found exception from Ecto will cause a 404. There are hundreds or thousands of these little decisions that are the correct/simpler decision. Elixir and Phoenix, for want of a better way of saying it, show great programming taste. So to say it's a coat of paint is a bit harsh; it's the right coat of paint, in my opinion.