Most awesome thing is that everything is opt-in. You don't want the channel mechanism? No problem, just write a handler yourself with your own logic and quirks.

Most awesome thing is that everything is opt-in. You don't want the channel mechanism? No problem, just write a handler yourself with your own logic and quirks. Here is a short tutorial on this: http://benjamintan.io/blog/2014/02/12/phoenix-elixir-web-framework-and-websockets/ http://benjamintan.io/blog/2014/02/12/phoenix-elixir-web-fra... At the same time, if channels fit what you want to do, they're awesome. Adding collaborative editing is super easy.