<p>In this episode of Elixir Wizards, host Sundi Myint chats with SmartLogic engineers and fellow Wizards Dan Ivovich and Charles Suggs about the practical tooling that surrounds Elixir in a consultancy setting. We dig into how standardized dev environments, sensible scaffolding, and clear observability help teams ship quickly across many client projects without turning every app into a snowflake. Join us for a grounded tour of what’s working for us today (and what we’ve retired), plus how we evaluate new tech (including AI) through a pragmatic, Elixir-first lens.</p>

<h3>Key topics discussed in this episode:</h3>

<ul>
<li>Standardizing across projects: why consistent environments matter in consultancy work</li>
<li>Nix (and flakes) for reproducible dev setups and faster onboarding</li>
<li>Igniter to scaffold common patterns (auth, config, workflows) without boilerplate drift</li>
<li>Deployment approaches: OTP releases, runtime config, and Ansible playbooks</li>
<li>Frontend pipeline evolution: from Brunch/Webpack to esbuild + Tailwind</li>
<li>Observability in practice: Prometheus metrics and Grafana dashboards</li>
<li>Handling time-series and sensor data </li>
<li>When Explorer can be the database</li>
<li>Picking the right tool: Elixir where it shines, integrations where it counts</li>
<li>Using AI with intention: code exploration, prototypes, and guardrails for IP/security</li>
<li>Keeping quality high across multiple codebases: tests, telemetry, and sensible conventions</li>
<li>Reducing context-switching costs with shared patterns and playbooks</li>
</ul>

<h3>Links mentioned:</h3>

<p><a href="http://smartlogic.io" rel="nofollow">http://smartlogic.io</a>
<a href="https://nix.dev/" rel="nofollow">https://nix.dev/</a>
<a href="https://github.com/ash-project/igniter" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/ash-project/igniter</a>
Elixir Wizards S13E01 Igniter with Zach Daniel <a href="https://youtu.be/WM9iQlQSF_g" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/WM9iQlQSF_g</a> 
<a href="https://github.com/elixir-explorer/explorer" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/elixir-explorer/explorer</a>
Elixir Wizards S14E09 Explorer with Chris Grainger <a href="https://youtu.be/OqJDsCF0El0" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/OqJDsCF0El0</a> 
Elixir Wizards S14E08 Nix with Norbert (Nobbz) Melzer <a href="https://youtu.be/yymUcgy4OAk" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/yymUcgy4OAk</a> 
<a href="https://jqlang.org/" rel="nofollow">https://jqlang.org/</a>
<a href="https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep</a>
<a href="https://github.com/resources/articles/devops/ci-cd" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/resources/articles/devops/ci-cd</a>
<a href="https://prometheus.io/" rel="nofollow">https://prometheus.io/</a>
<a href="https://capistranorb.com/" rel="nofollow">https://capistranorb.com/</a>
<a href="https://ansible.com/%C2%A0" rel="nofollow">https://ansible.com/ </a> 
<a href="https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/releases.html" rel="nofollow">https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/releases.html</a> 
<a href="https://brunch.io/" rel="nofollow">https://brunch.io/</a>
<a href="https://webpack.js.org/loaders/css-loader/" rel="nofollow">https://webpack.js.org/loaders/css-loader/</a>
<a href="https://tailwindcss.com/" rel="nofollow">https://tailwindcss.com/</a>
<a href="https://sass-lang.com/dart-sass/" rel="nofollow">https://sass-lang.com/dart-sass/</a>
<a href="https://grafana.com/" rel="nofollow">https://grafana.com/</a>
<a href="https://pragprog.com/titles/passweather/build-a-weather-station-with-elixir-and-nerves/" rel="nofollow">https://pragprog.com/titles/passweather/build-a-weather-station-with-elixir-and-nerves/</a>
<a href="https://www.datadoghq.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.datadoghq.com/</a>
<a href="https://sqlite.org/" rel="nofollow">https://sqlite.org/</a>
Elixir Wizards S14E06 SDUI at Cars.com with Zack Kayser <a href="https://youtu.be/nloRcgngT_k" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/nloRcgngT_k</a> 
<a href="https://github.com/features/copilot" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/features/copilot</a>
<a href="https://openai.com/codex/" rel="nofollow">https://openai.com/codex/</a>
<a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code" rel="nofollow">https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code</a>
YouTube Video: Vibe Coding TEDCO&#39;s RFP <a href="https://youtu.be/i1ncgXZJHZs" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/i1ncgXZJHZs</a> 
Blog: <a href="https://smartlogic.io/blog/how-i-used-ai-to-vibe-code-a-website-called-for-in-tedco-rfp/" rel="nofollow">https://smartlogic.io/blog/how-i-used-ai-to-vibe-code-a-website-called-for-in-tedco-rfp/</a> 
Blog: <a href="https://smartlogic.io/blog/from-vibe-to-viable-turning-ai-built-prototypes-into-market-ready-mvps/" rel="nofollow">https://smartlogic.io/blog/from-vibe-to-viable-turning-ai-built-prototypes-into-market-ready-mvps/</a> 
<a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/eragon-by-christopher-paolini/246801" rel="nofollow">https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/eragon-by-christopher-paolini/246801</a>
<a href="https://tidewave.ai/" rel="nofollow">https://tidewave.ai/</a></p>

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