diff --git a/interface/.eslintignore b/interface/.eslintignore
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+++ b/interface/.eslintignore
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+# don't ever lint node_modules
+node_modules
diff --git a/interface/.eslintrc b/interface/.eslintrc
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+++ b/interface/.eslintrc
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+{
+    "root": true,
+    "parser": "@typescript-eslint/parser",
+    "plugins": [
+      "@typescript-eslint",
+      "prettier"
+    ],
+    "extends": [
+      "eslint:recommended",
+      "plugin:@typescript-eslint/eslint-recommended",
+      "plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended",
+      "prettier"
+    ],
+    "rules": {
+      // 0 = ignore, 1 = warning, 2 = error
+      "no-console": 0,       
+      "prettier/prettier": 2,
+      "explicit-function-return-type": 0,
+      "@typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types": 0,
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires": 0,
+      "@typescript-eslint/ban-types": 0,
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-non-null-asserted-optional-chain": 0,
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion": 0,
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": 0
+    }
+  }
+  
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