How I Over-Engineered My Book

The author built an over-engineered book publishing system using developer tools like Git, Markdown, and CI/CD pipelines instead of traditional writing software. The setup included a linter that runs ~5,500 automated checks, rebuilds five formats on every commit, and uses multiple prose-checking extensions (Markdownlint, Harper, LanguageTool, Vale, Alex, and Write-good) to provide real-time writing feedback similar to code linting. While unconventional, the author found this approach superior to standard authoring tools and successfully used it to write their books "Open" and "Async."