Understanding the Coordination Challenge in the Ash Framework

The Ash Framework distinguishes itself by addressing the coordination problem within Elixir applications, where the typical framework offers a fixed stack including ORM, view layers, and various form of testing. Instead of confining developers within strict boundaries, Ash effectively coordinates well-known libraries, emphasizing the need for alignment across various components in an application. It recognizes that much of the development involves integrating these libraries seamlessly, allowing developers to define resources and actions with minimal friction. By generating necessary components like Ecto schemas and migrations, JSON and GraphQL endpoints, and form helpers while maintaining the flexibility to utilize core libraries, Ash reduces the complexity in keeping different layers of an application synchronized. This approach alleviates the 'convention cliff' common in other frameworks, allowing a return to familiar tools when necessary.