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I should note, this isn't my proposal. Just found it interesting enough to share

Not really a question that can be answered.

I'd suggest looking at Elixir/Phoenix if you have a problem with Rails that you think Elixir/Phoenix might be able to solve. Could be scale problems, reliability, real-time communication, etc.

I wouldn't suggest replacing your entire Rails app with Phoenix right away. If possible start with a service that may be having issues and migrate that over if possible.

Most likely, yes.

As with everything though, there are trade-offs. If going strictly AWS fits your use case, you're fine working with GraphQL, etc., go for it.

Truthfully I don’t have many thoughts on that combination.

The channels abstraction was the driving force behind our choice and at the time there wasn’t anything that stood out in the Java world.

Sometimes I get upset that my favorite pizza spots in NYC are cash only and non-delivery but after reading this I’m sure the quality wouldn’t be the same if they switched.

the Elixir community was very helpful in making this possible. Happy to give back in some fashion

Hi, I'm the author of this post. Would be happy to answer any questions if folks have some.