I think many people feel this way 
There were some recent criticisms that Elixir (and Phoenix) were not different enough - but I think the critics failed to appreciate the draw of familiarity. If people wanted something radically different to Rails then they have plenty of Ruby options (Lotus, Volt, Trailblazer etc). But that’s not what most Rails devs want - they want top of the class performance… and Phoenix gives that - while at the same time - moving towards better paradigms, practises etc.
At least that’s how I see it 
