How I Over-Engineered My Book
A developer describes their process of writing a book using software engineering workflows, including Git, Markdown, and CI/CD pipelines. By treating prose as code, the author utilized IDE-based linting and automated testing to manage the writing and editing process.
I didn’t set out to do this. Most people start a writing project by firing up Word or Google Docs, and I started down that same path. I even tried some purpose-built authoring tools, but every tool felt inferior to the ones I used as a developer every day. I did “the only reasonable” thing and threw all of them out, writing the whole book on Git, Markdown, and a CI build pipeline. If you’ve read how I over-engineered my home network — twice — none of this will surprise you.
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