Started meddling with Phoenix recently so this is an interesting data point. I have to say that the very basic architecture diagram from the PragProg book basic

Started meddling with Phoenix recently so this is an interesting data point. I have to say that the very basic architecture diagram from the PragProg book basically sold me on using it for my next side project(s). connection |> endpoint |> router |> pipeline |> controller Not sure what it is but it must be a combination of "|> seems pretty awesome" and "well yeah it obviously makes sense to get a request as a struct and chain functions in this way". It just clicked and aligned so perfectly with my mental model :)