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+module.exports = {
+  'extends': [
+    'airbnb',
+    'prettier'
+  ],
+  'parser': '@typescript-eslint/parser',
+  'parserOptions': {
+    'ecmaVersion': 2018,
+    'sourceType': 'module',
+    'modules': true
+  },
+  'plugins': [
+    '@typescript-eslint'
+  ],
+  'settings': {
+    'import/resolver': {
+      'typescript': {
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  'rules': {
+    'quotes': [
+      2,
+      'single',
+      {
+        'allowTemplateLiterals': true
+      }
+    ],
+    'class-methods-use-this': 0,
+    'consistent-return': 0,
+    'func-names': 0,
+    'global-require': 0,
+    'guard-for-in': 0,
+    'import/no-duplicates': 0,
+    'import/no-dynamic-require': 0,
+    'import/no-extraneous-dependencies': 0,
+    'import/prefer-default-export': 0,
+    'lines-between-class-members': 0,
+    'no-await-in-loop': 0,
+    'no-bitwise': 0,
+    'no-console': 0,
+    'no-continue': 0,
+    'no-control-regex': 0,
+    'no-empty': 0,
+    'no-loop-func': 0,
+    'no-nested-ternary': 0,
+    'no-param-reassign': 0,
+    'no-plusplus': 0,
+    'no-restricted-globals': 0,
+    'no-restricted-syntax': 0,
+    'no-shadow': 0,
+    'no-underscore-dangle': 0,
+    'no-use-before-define': 0,
+    'prefer-const': 0,
+    'prefer-destructuring': 0,
+    'camelcase': 0,
+    'no-unused-vars': 0,          // in favor of '@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars'
+    // 'indent': 0                // in favor of '@typescript-eslint/indent'
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars': 'warn',
+    // '@typescript-eslint/indent': ['error', 2]        // this might conflict with a lot ongoing changes
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-array-constructor': 'error',
+    '@typescript-eslint/adjacent-overload-signatures': 'error',
+    '@typescript-eslint/class-name-casing': 'error',
+    '@typescript-eslint/interface-name-prefix': 'error',
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface': 'error',
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types': 'error',
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-misused-new': 'error',
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-namespace': 'error',
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion': 'error',
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-parameter-properties': 'error',
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-triple-slash-reference': 'error',
+    '@typescript-eslint/prefer-namespace-keyword': 'error',
+    '@typescript-eslint/type-annotation-spacing': 'error',
+    // '@typescript-eslint/array-type': 'error',
+    // '@typescript-eslint/ban-types': 'error',
+    // '@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type': 'warn',
+    // '@typescript-eslint/explicit-member-accessibility': 'error',
+    // '@typescript-eslint/member-delimiter-style': 'error',
+    // '@typescript-eslint/no-angle-bracket-type-assertion': 'error',
+    // '@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any': 'warn',
+    // '@typescript-eslint/no-object-literal-type-assertion': 'error',
+    // '@typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define': 'error',
+    // '@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires': 'error',
+    // '@typescript-eslint/prefer-interface': 'error'
+  }
+}