Was excited to hear views are being dropped. Been creating Web applications for over 20 years and have seen very little benefit of using views. Always saw them as an extra layer to think about, especially when trying to find where a function/method is defined when maintaining code. I think the MVC/MVVC ideas as applied to Web development were a step forward in getting people to organize code in general, but a step backward in keeping coherent, colocated, and maintainable code as projects grow. I've found that reusable encapsulated components for structure and well documented utility classes for CSS styles have always been the most helpful tools for creating maintainable Web applications, which seems to be the direction Phoenix and LiveView are going.