The best macros are the macros you don't even know exist. Take a look around [0] where thing like if, def, pipeline (|>) and common "base" entities are defined

The best macros are the macros you don't even know exist. Take a look around [0] where thing like if, def, pipeline (|>) and common "base" entities are defined simply as a construction of the Kernel special forms (the parts that won't be expanded by macros). Using the language you'd not know that they were macros because they're in the language of the problem, and do not leak their abstractions. A macro is just a tool and like other tools should be used when it's the right one to use, not because you contorted the problem to fit the tool. [0] https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Kernel.html https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Kernel.html