This also means there is only a few steps left until I can see if this proof-of-concept works. I need a "check" command that will run the echo detection across the entire project and outputs the results in something GCC/Emacs/Atom can use. At that point, I'll have the minimum needed to use Make or a build command and get useful, specific results.

With the previous iterations of AI, I switched to write-novel/update-code look that was really useful. Of course, this was back when I wrote an entire damn text editor with customized keyword highlighting and auto-corrections.

I failed because I was basically trying to write Scrivner.

The more recent iteration is to write a focused tool (ala `git`), and then integrated it into other tools (e.g., Atom, Emacs, VS Code) to handle everything else.

Last one. Why I'm doing this. I got into a discussion with a coworker about it.

Grammar checkers are great, but they don't look for stylistic issues. So reducing adverbs, detecting echo words ("she jumped on the jumper, jumping on his knee to shatter the bone"), my personal love affair with gerunds, or pointing out when I accidentally used present tense in my novel.

That's what AI is mainly for. To catch those things that an editor would catch.