MVC is not real and it cannot hurt you 
But yeah, you can always use React itself with Phoenix or I’m sure with Nex here as well. I am not particularly interested in React proper, though, only its model. LiveView’s model is similar except that it runs on the server and its design is not quite as careful.
I have grown quite wary of this layering of frameworks on top of frameworks without anyone actually understanding why things are the way they are underneath. That’s how you end up with accidental complexity, because those using and even designing the tools don’t remember what it was they were supposed to be doing.
There is something to be said for minimalism (and I hope the OP here is able to pull it off), but achieving a minimal design is a very careful and effortful process. React right after Fiber/Hooks is a good example of a design that was refined to near perfection over a long period of time. Since then idk what they’ve been up to and I don’t really care.
