Learning, unlearning conventions

I don’t know much reason behind the conventions. I’m teaching myself with no technical background or environment other than online community resources. I’ve barely learnt the basics of Elixir and Phoenix in the last month. Now I’m trying to make sense of the tools and get familiar, but far from plenty.

Elixir and Phoenix conventions are accumulation of the last decade. I try to follow up, searching for discussions and reading books. But still, some of it feels arbitrary to me. So I align things to make a better pattern. Then I worry messing them up. That’s why you could teach me. I’m reading precious feedback over and over again to reflect and make the next decision.