[sillypog]

You mention setting up a Phoenix app in Docker so I'll link to a couple of posts I wrote describing how I do that: https://dev.bleacherreport.com/starting-a-phoenix-project-wi..., https://dev.bleacherreport.com/brunch-in-a-container-phoenix.... I almost always start new Elixir projects in Docker for local development now, and deploy the images to Elastic Beanstalk. If you're not setting up a cluster it's not a bad option.

At Bleacher Report, we've definitely reduced operating costs on some of our services by switching to Elixir and running on fewer/smaller machines, and we routinely pick Elixir for new services now. But we also recently launched a Node service which could handle all frontend traffic on a single server, so in some ways it's hard to say whether the gains are more due to the technology or improvements in the service design.

[vikingcaffiene]

Thanks for the links! I've successfully Dockerized Elixir apps now but I'm always looking for new and better ways to do things. I'll check your stuff out and see how my approach stacks up. Thanks again!