How I Over-Engineered My Book

Ben Balter wrote his book using Git, Markdown, and a CI pipeline, complete with a linter that fails the build if he implies he still works at GitHub. He built 30 custom validators, ran ~5,500 automated checks, and used LLM-based audits to catch duplicated ideas and false claims. The result: a 99,651-word book with 72 chapters, 103 manager callouts, and 102 IC callouts, all passing a strict quality gate.