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by arcanemachiner 793 days ago
If you use all the `--no-` flags (e.g. `--no-tailwind`) when creating a Phoenix project, you will be left with a surprisingly small amount of code.

This is not so useful in a real project, but good as a learning exercises to see what comprises the core of a Phoenix application.

https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/Mix.Tasks.Phx.New.html

FWIW, everything starts in your project's `lib/project/application.ex` file. All the things in the `start` function dictate the "flow" of the application.