Not the author, but I've been loving it so far. The Phoenix framework is really well thought out that making CRUD applications is easy and has all the bells an

Not the author, but I've been loving it so far. The Phoenix framework is really well thought out that making CRUD applications is easy and has all the bells and whistles you'd expect from a framework like Rails. But obviously that's just the surface. You have access to OTP with erlang's processes, supervisors, ETS, etc. You have access to every erlang module that's been written. You also have access to Elixir modules that load in to a Mix project like ruby gems. Also, it's wicked fast and scales. But maybe best is the documentation is great. From elixir's docs to Phoenix to code docs, everything is clear. The community is quick to respond on IRC or GitHub. For downsides, just newness: the lack of good blog posts make me feel like I'm re-inventing the wheel sometimes. Additionally, there's not many questions up on StackOverflow so my errors often come up with 0 google hits.