[erlang-questions] speeding the development process for OTP nodes

[Felix Gallo]

I'm developing a medium-sized erlang node comprised of several interacting
applications.  In doing so, I'm finding myself staring at the output of

./rebar compile && ./rebar generate && ./rel/bin/mynode/bin/mynode console

quite a bit more than is perhaps wanted.

I thought that https://github.com/rustyio/sync might be the answer to all
of my problems, as it advertises hot code reloading on file changes.
 However, I haven't yet coaxed it into working inside the
./rel/bin/mynode/bin/mynode console environment; I suspect it's detecting
the code changes, and recompiling the code, but it's not redeploying into
the release, so doesn't reload the beams.

So then I thought that maybe it's dumb to include the reltool build in the
development cycle, maybe the pro erlang way is to just run erl by hand like
our forefathers did before us.  But when I give that a shot, as an OTP
neophyte, I have this lurking feeling that I am aiming a gun at my foot.

For those of us who don't believe in emacs, what's the one true optimal way
to tighten up the development loop here?

F.
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