Migrating from Rails to Elixir, bit by bit

reverse proxy, with either rails or phoenix in front… (in your case it sounds like you would keep rails in front, given a slower tempo)

phoenix in front:
https://blog.fourk.io/replace-your-production-api-with-elixir-today-4426a8903642

rails in front:

depending on your setup/use case you can also run with two URIs on the client - (eg if you do header auth or something)

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