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.Key topics discussed in this episode:Standardizing across projects: why consistent environments matter in consultancy workNix (and flakes) for reproducible dev setups and faster onboardingIgniter to scaffold common patterns (auth, config, workflows) without boilerplate driftDeployment approaches: OTP releases, runtime config, and Ansible playbooksFrontend pipeline evolution: from Brunch/Webpack to esbuild + TailwindObservability in practice: Prometheus metrics and Grafana dashboardsHandling time-series and sensor data When Explorer can be the databasePicking the right tool: Elixir where it shines, integrations where it countsUsing AI with intention: code exploration, prototypes, and guardrails for IP/securityKeeping quality high across multiple codebases: tests, telemetry, and sensible conventionsReducing context-switching costs with shared patterns and playbooksLinks mentioned:http://smartlogic.iohttps://nix.dev/https://github.com/ash-project/igniterElixir Wizards S13E01 Igniter with Zach Daniel https://youtu.be/WM9iQlQSFg https://github.com/elixir-explorer/explorerElixir Wizards S14E09 Explorer with Chris Grainger https://youtu.be/OqJDsCF0El0 Elixir Wizards S14E08 Nix with Norbert (Nobbz) Melzer https://youtu.be/yymUcgy4OAk https://jqlang.org/https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrephttps://github.com/resources/articles/devops/ci-cdhttps://prometheus.io/https://capistranorb.com/https://ansible.com/  https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/releases.html https://brunch.io/https://webpack.js.org/loaders/css-loader/https://tailwindcss.com/https://sass-lang.com/dart-sass/https://grafana.com/https://pragprog.com/titles/passweather/build-a-weather-station-with-elixir-and-nerves/https://www.datadoghq.com/https://sqlite.org/Elixir Wizards S14E06 SDUI at Cars.com with Zack Kayser https://youtu.be/nloRcgngTk https://github.com/features/copilothttps://openai.com/codex/https://www.anthropic.com/claude-codeYouTube Video: Vibe Coding TEDCO's RFP https://youtu.be/i1ncgXZJHZs Blog: https://smartlogic.io/blog/how-i-used-ai-to-vibe-code-a-website-called-for-in-tedco-rfp/ Blog: https://smartlogic.io/blog/from-vibe-to-viable-turning-ai-built-prototypes-into-market-ready-mvps/ https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/eragon-by-christopher-paolini/246801https://tidewave.ai/!! We Want to Hear Your Thoughts *!!*Have questions, comments, or topics you'd like us to discuss in our season recap episode? Share your thoughts with us here: https://forms.gle/Vm7mcYRFDgsqqpDC9