diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 5674718..9639b0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -10,57 +10,16 @@ jobs:
   build:
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'Netflix/spectator-cpp' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      BUILD_DIR: "cmake-build"
-      BUILD_TYPE: "Debug"
-      CC: "gcc-11"
-      CXX: "g++-11"
-      LANG: "en_US.UTF-8"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Conan+Cmake Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.conan
-            ~/work/spectator-cpp/spectator-cpp/cmake-build
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-conan-cmake
-
       - name: Install System Dependencies
         run: |
           sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
-          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y binutils-dev g++-11 libiberty-dev
-
-          echo "==== cmake ===="
-          cmake -version
-
-          echo "==== python ===="
-          python3 -V
-
-          echo "==== conan ===="
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
-          conan --version
-          if [[ ! -f ~/.conan/profiles/default ]]; then conan profile new default --detect; fi
-          conan profile update settings.compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11 default
-
-      - name: Install Project Dependencies
-        run: |
-          if [[ "$BUILD_TYPE" == "Debug" ]]; then
-            conan install . --build --install-folder $BUILD_DIR --profile ./sanitized
-          else
-            conan install . --build=missing --install-folder $BUILD_DIR
-          fi
-
-      - name: Build spectator-cpp
-        run: |
-          cd $BUILD_DIR
-          cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE ..
-          cmake --build .
-          echo "==== ldd ===="
-          ldd bin/spectatord_main || true
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y binutils-dev g++-13 libiberty-dev
 
-      - name: Test spectator-cpp
+      - name: Build
         run: |
-          cd $BUILD_DIR
-          GTEST_COLOR=1 ctest --verbose
+          ./setup-venv.sh
+          source venv/bin/activate
+          ./build.sh
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8d9970f..faa4c63 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 .idea/
-cmake-build-debug
+CMakeUserPresets.json
 cmake-build/
+conan_provider.cmake
 spectator/valid_chars.inc
 venv/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f2c869..6818310 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,13 +4,19 @@ project(spectator-cpp)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 
-add_compile_options(-fno-omit-frame-pointer "$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:-fsanitize=address>")
-add_link_options(-fno-omit-frame-pointer "$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:-fsanitize=address>")
+add_compile_options(-pedantic -Werror -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -fno-omit-frame-pointer "$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:-fsanitize=address>")
+
+find_package(absl REQUIRED)
+find_package(asio REQUIRED)
+find_package(Backward REQUIRED)
+find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
+find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
+find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
 
 include(CTest)
-include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
-conan_basic_setup()
 
 #-- spectator_test test executable
 file(GLOB spectator_test_source_files
@@ -19,7 +25,10 @@ file(GLOB spectator_test_source_files
     "spectator/test_*.h"
 )
 add_executable(spectator_test ${spectator_test_source_files})
-target_link_libraries(spectator_test spectator ${CONAN_LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(spectator_test
+    spectator
+    gtest::gtest
+)
 add_test(
     NAME spectator_test
     COMMAND spectator_test
@@ -41,8 +50,13 @@ add_library(spectator
     "spectator/stateless_meters.h"
     "spectator/valid_chars.inc"
 )
-target_link_libraries(spectator ${CONAN_LIBS})
-target_link_options(spectator PRIVATE "$<$<CONFIG:Release>:-static-libstdc++>")
+target_link_libraries(spectator
+    abseil::abseil
+    asio::asio
+    Backward::Backward
+    fmt::fmt
+    spdlog::spdlog
+)
 
 #-- generator tools
 add_executable(gen_valid_chars "tools/gen_valid_chars.cc")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fde5020..748636c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,18 +86,24 @@ fills up, the `Publisher` will not send nay meters to the sidecar. Therefore, if
 meters at a high rate, you should either keep the buffer very small, or do not configure a buffer size at all,
 which will fall back to the "publish immediately" mode of operation.
 
-## Local Development
+## Local & IDE Configuration
 
 ```shell
 # setup python venv and activate, to gain access to conan cli
 ./setup-venv.sh
 source venv/bin/activate
 
-# link clion default build directory to our build directory
-ln -s cmake-build cmake-build-debug
-
-./build.sh  # [clean|clean --force|skiptest]
+./build.sh  # [clean|clean --confirm|skiptest]
 ```
 
-* CLion > Preferences > Plugins > Marketplace > Conan > Install
-* CLion > Preferences > Build, Execution, Deploy > Conan > Conan Executable: $PROJECT_HOME/venv/bin/conan
+* Install the Conan plugin for CLion.
+    * CLion > Settings > Plugins > Marketplace > Conan > Install
+* Configure the Conan plugin.
+    * The easiest way to configure CLion to work with Conan is to build the project first from the command line.
+        * This will establish the `$PROJECT_HOME/CMakeUserPresets.json` file, which will allow you to choose the custom
+          CMake configuration created by Conan when creating a new CMake project. Using this custom profile will ensure
+          that sources are properly indexed and explorable.
+    * Open the project. The wizard will show three CMake profiles.
+        * Disable the default Cmake `Debug` profile.
+        * Enable the CMake `conan-debug` profile.
+    * CLion > View > Tool Windows > Conan > (gear) > Conan Executable: `$PROJECT_HOME/venv/bin/conan`
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index aed55f7..fcedf35 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+set -e
+
+# usage: ./build.sh [clean|clean --confirm|skiptest]
+
 BUILD_DIR=cmake-build
-# Choose: Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo and MinSizeRel
+# Choose: Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo and MinSizeRel. Use Debug for asan checking locally.
 BUILD_TYPE=Debug
 
 BLUE="\033[0;34m"
@@ -11,43 +15,49 @@ if [[ "$1" == "clean" ]]; then
   echo -e "${BLUE}==== clean ====${NC}"
   rm -rf $BUILD_DIR
   rm -f spectator/*.inc
-  if [[ "$2" == "--force" ]]; then
-    # remove all packages and binaries from the local cache, to allow swapping between Debug/Release builds
-    conan remove '*' --force
+  if [[ "$2" == "--confirm" ]]; then
+    # remove all packages from the conan cache, to allow swapping between Release/Debug builds
+    conan remove "*" --confirm
   fi
 fi
 
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
-  export CC=gcc-11
-  export CXX=g++-11
+  export CC=gcc-13
+  export CXX=g++-13
 fi
 
-if [[ ! -d $BUILD_DIR ]]; then
-  if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
-    echo -e "${BLUE}==== configure default profile ====${NC}"
-    conan profile new default --detect
-    conan profile update settings.compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11 default
-  fi
+if [[ ! -f "$HOME/.conan2/profiles/default" ]]; then
+  echo -e "${BLUE}==== create default profile ====${NC}"
+  conan profile detect
+fi
 
+if [[ ! -d $BUILD_DIR ]]; then
   echo -e "${BLUE}==== install required dependencies ====${NC}"
   if [[ "$BUILD_TYPE" == "Debug" ]]; then
-    conan install . --build --install-folder $BUILD_DIR --profile ./sanitized
+    conan install . --output-folder=$BUILD_DIR --build="*" --settings=build_type=$BUILD_TYPE --profile=./sanitized
   else
-    conan install . --build=missing --install-folder $BUILD_DIR
+    conan install . --output-folder=$BUILD_DIR --build=missing
   fi
 fi
 
-pushd $BUILD_DIR || exit 1
+pushd $BUILD_DIR
+
+echo -e "${BLUE}==== configure conan environment to access tools ====${NC}"
+source conanbuild.sh
+
+if [[ $OSTYPE == "darwin"* ]]; then
+  export MallocNanoZone=0
+fi
 
 echo -e "${BLUE}==== generate build files ====${NC}"
-cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE || exit 1
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=conan_toolchain.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE
 
 echo -e "${BLUE}==== build ====${NC}"
-cmake --build . || exit 1
+cmake --build .
 
 if [[ "$1" != "skiptest" ]]; then
   echo -e "${BLUE}==== test ====${NC}"
   GTEST_COLOR=1 ctest --verbose
 fi
 
-popd || exit 1
+popd
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 3a021ff..66d7cd6 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-from conans import ConanFile
+from conan import ConanFile
 
 
 class SpectatorCppConan(ConanFile):
     settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
     requires = (
-        "abseil/20230125.3",
-        "asio/1.28.1",
+        "abseil/20240722.0",
+        "asio/1.32.0",
         "backward-cpp/1.6",
-        "fmt/10.1.1",
-        "gtest/1.14.0",
-        "spdlog/1.12.0"
+        "fmt/11.0.2",
+        "gtest/1.15.0",
+        "spdlog/1.15.0",
     )
-    generators = "cmake"
-    default_options = {}
+    tool_requires = ()
+    generators = "CMakeDeps", "CMakeToolchain"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2ce40bf..5b02ca9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-conan==1.64.1
+conan==2.9.2
diff --git a/spectator/id.h b/spectator/id.h
index 1f351af..355f086 100644
--- a/spectator/id.h
+++ b/spectator/id.h
@@ -186,16 +186,39 @@ struct equal_to<shared_ptr<spectator::Id>> {
 
 }  // namespace std
 
-template <>
-struct fmt::formatter<spectator::Id> {
-  constexpr auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx) -> decltype(ctx.begin()) {
-    return ctx.begin();
+template <> struct fmt::formatter<spectator::Tags>: formatter<std::string_view> {
+  auto format(const spectator::Tags& tags, format_context& ctx) const -> format_context::iterator {
+    std::string s;
+    auto size = tags.size();
+
+    if (size > 0) {
+      // sort keys, to ensure stable output
+      std::vector<std::string> keys;
+      for (const auto& pair : tags) {
+        keys.push_back(pair.first);
+      }
+      std::sort(keys.begin(), keys.end());
+
+      s = "[";
+      for (const auto &key : keys) {
+        if (size > 1) {
+          s += key + "=" + tags.at(key) + ", ";
+        } else {
+          s += key + "=" + tags.at(key) + "]";
+        }
+        size -= 1;
+      }
+    } else {
+      s = "[]";
+    }
+
+    return fmt::formatter<std::string_view>::format(s, ctx);
   }
+};
 
-  // formatter for Ids
-  template <typename FormatContext>
-  auto format(const spectator::Id& id, FormatContext& context) {
-    return fmt::format_to(context.out(), "Id(name={}, tags={})", id.Name(),
-                          id.GetTags());
+template <> struct fmt::formatter<spectator::Id>: formatter<std::string_view> {
+  auto format(const spectator::Id& id, format_context& ctx) const -> format_context::iterator {
+    auto s = fmt::format("Id(name={}, tags={})", id.Name(), id.GetTags());
+    return fmt::formatter<std::string_view>::format(s, ctx);
   }
 };
diff --git a/spectator/id_test.cc b/spectator/id_test.cc
index 5e03976..6ac8baf 100644
--- a/spectator/id_test.cc
+++ b/spectator/id_test.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 namespace {
+
 using spectator::Id;
 using spectator::Tags;
 
@@ -9,15 +10,23 @@ TEST(Id, Create) {
   Id id{"foo", Tags{}};
   EXPECT_EQ(id.Name(), "foo");
   EXPECT_EQ(id.GetTags().size(), 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", id), "Id(name=foo, tags=[])");
+
+  Id id_tags_single{"name", Tags{{"k", "v"}}};
+  EXPECT_EQ(id_tags_single.Name(), "name");
+  EXPECT_EQ(id_tags_single.GetTags().size(), 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", id_tags_single), "Id(name=name, tags=[k=v])");
+
+  Id id_tags_multiple{"name", Tags{{"k", "v"}, {"k1", "v1"}}};
+  EXPECT_EQ(id_tags_multiple.Name(), "name");
+  EXPECT_EQ(id_tags_multiple.GetTags().size(), 2);
 
-  Id id_tags{"name", Tags{{"k", "v"}, {"k1", "v1"}}};
-  EXPECT_EQ(id_tags.Name(), "name");
-  EXPECT_EQ(id_tags.GetTags().size(), 2);
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", id_tags_multiple), "Id(name=name, tags=[k=v, k1=v1])");
 
   std::shared_ptr<Id> id_of{Id::of("name", Tags{{"k", "v"}, {"k1", "v1"}})};
   EXPECT_EQ(id_of->Name(), "name");
   EXPECT_EQ(id_of->GetTags().size(), 2);
-  fmt::format("{}", id);
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", *id_of), "Id(name=name, tags=[k=v, k1=v1])");
 }
 
 TEST(Id, Tags) {
diff --git a/spectator/meter_type.h b/spectator/meter_type.h
index 3a8d565..5b2329c 100644
--- a/spectator/meter_type.h
+++ b/spectator/meter_type.h
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ enum class MeterType {
 };
 }
 
-// Provide a formatter for MeterType
-template <>
-struct fmt::formatter<spectator::MeterType> : fmt::formatter<std::string_view> {
-  template <typename FormatContext>
-  auto format(const spectator::MeterType& meter_type, FormatContext& context) {
+template <> struct fmt::formatter<spectator::MeterType>: formatter<std::string_view> {
+  auto format(spectator::MeterType meter_type, format_context& ctx) const -> format_context::iterator {
     using namespace spectator;
     std::string_view s = "unknown";
+
     switch (meter_type) {
       case MeterType::AgeGauge:
         s = "age-gauge";
@@ -56,6 +54,7 @@ struct fmt::formatter<spectator::MeterType> : fmt::formatter<std::string_view> {
         s = "timer";
         break;
     }
-    return fmt::formatter<std::string_view>::format(s, context);
+
+    return fmt::formatter<std::string_view>::format(s, ctx);
   }
 };
diff --git a/spectator/meter_type_test.cc b/spectator/meter_type_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a8e318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spectator/meter_type_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include "../spectator/meter_type.h"
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+namespace {
+
+using spectator::MeterType;
+
+TEST(MeterType, Format) {
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", MeterType::Counter), "counter");
+}
+}  // namespace
diff --git a/spectator/stateless_meters.h b/spectator/stateless_meters.h
index df12eed..3e56162 100644
--- a/spectator/stateless_meters.h
+++ b/spectator/stateless_meters.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "id.h"
+#include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
 #include "absl/strings/str_format.h"
 #include "absl/time/time.h"