diff --git a/my/coding/commits.py b/my/coding/commits.py
index 9661ae5..31c366e 100644
--- a/my/coding/commits.py
+++ b/my/coding/commits.py
@@ -178,12 +178,12 @@ def repos() -> List[Path]:
 
 # returns modification time for an index to use as hash function
 def _repo_depends_on(_repo: Path) -> int:
-    for pp in {
+    for pp in [
         ".git/FETCH_HEAD",
         ".git/HEAD",
         "FETCH_HEAD",  # bare
         "HEAD",  # bare
-    }:
+    ]:
         ff = _repo / pp
         if ff.exists():
             return int(ff.stat().st_mtime)
diff --git a/my/core/_deprecated/kompress.py b/my/core/_deprecated/kompress.py
index 1cd2636..63ce523 100644
--- a/my/core/_deprecated/kompress.py
+++ b/my/core/_deprecated/kompress.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Ext:
 def is_compressed(p: Path) -> bool:
     # todo kinda lame way for now.. use mime ideally?
     # should cooperate with kompress.kopen?
-    return any(p.name.endswith(ext) for ext in {Ext.xz, Ext.zip, Ext.lz4, Ext.zstd, Ext.zst, Ext.targz})
+    return any(p.name.endswith(ext) for ext in [Ext.xz, Ext.zip, Ext.lz4, Ext.zstd, Ext.zst, Ext.targz])
 
 
 def _zstd_open(path: Path, *args, **kwargs) -> IO:
diff --git a/my/core/common.py b/my/core/common.py
index 5f8d03a..a2c2ad3 100644
--- a/my/core/common.py
+++ b/my/core/common.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from typing import (
 )
 
 from . import compat
-from . import warnings as warnings
+from . import warnings
 
 # some helper functions
 # TODO start deprecating this? soon we'd be able to use Path | str syntax which is shorter and more explicit
diff --git a/my/core/hpi_compat.py b/my/core/hpi_compat.py
index 9330e49..6261c23 100644
--- a/my/core/hpi_compat.py
+++ b/my/core/hpi_compat.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class always_supports_sequence(Iterator[V]):
         self.it = it
         self._list: Optional[List] = None
 
-    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[V]:
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[V]:  # noqa: PYI034
         return self.it.__iter__()
 
     def __next__(self) -> V:
diff --git a/my/photos/main.py b/my/photos/main.py
index c326405..bf912e4 100644
--- a/my/photos/main.py
+++ b/my/photos/main.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def _make_photo_aux(*args, **kwargs) -> List[Result]:
 
 def _make_photo(photo: Path, mtype: str, *, parent_geo: Optional[LatLon]) -> Iterator[Result]:
     exif: Exif
-    if any(x in mtype for x in {'image/png', 'image/x-ms-bmp', 'video'}):
+    if any(x in mtype for x in ['image/png', 'image/x-ms-bmp', 'video']):
         # TODO don't remember why..
         logger.debug(f"skipping exif extraction for {photo} due to mime {mtype}")
         exif = {}
diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
index 9a932ef..0d3bb16 100644
--- a/ruff.toml
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -15,11 +15,15 @@ lint.extend-select = [
     "PERF", # various potential performance speedups
     "PD",   # pandas rules
     "PIE",  # 'misc' lints
-    "PLR",  # 'refactor' rules
+    "PLC",  # pylint convention rules
+    "PLR",  # pylint refactor rules
     "PLW",  # pylint warnings
     "PT",   # pytest stuff
+    "PYI",  # various type hinting rules
     "RET",  # early returns
     "RUF",  # various ruff-specific rules
+    "TID",  # various imports suggestions
+    "TCH",  # various type checking rules
     "TRY",  # various exception handling rules
     "UP",   # detect deprecated python stdlib stuff
     # "FA",  # TODO enable later after we make sure cachew works?
@@ -31,10 +35,15 @@ lint.extend-select = [
     # "EM",  # TODO hmm could be helpful to prevent duplicate err msg in traceback.. but kinda annoying
     # "FIX", # complains about fixmes/todos -- annoying
     # "TD",  # complains about todo formatting -- too annoying
-    # "ALL",
+    # "ANN", # missing type annotations? seems way to string though
+
+    # "ALL", # uncomment this to check for new rules!
 ]
 
 lint.ignore = [
+    "D",  # annoying nags about docstrings
+    "N",  # pep naming
+
 ### too opinionated style checks
     "E501",  # too long lines
     "E702",  # Multiple statements on one line (semicolon)
@@ -115,4 +124,25 @@ lint.ignore = [
     "TRY201",  # raise without specifying exception name -- sometimes hurts readability
     "TRY400",  # TODO double check this, might be useful
     "TRY401",  # redundant exception in logging.exception call? TODO double check, might result in excessive logging
+
+    "TCH002",  # suggests moving imports into type checking blocks -- too annoying
+    "TCH003",  # suggests moving imports into type checking blocks -- too annoying
+
+    "I001",  # unsorted import block  TODO consider these?
+    "PGH",  # TODO force error code in mypy instead
+
+    # TODO enable TID?
+    "TID252",  # Prefer absolute imports over relative imports from parent modules
+
+    ## too annoying
+    "T20",     # just complains about prints and pprints
+    "Q",       # flake quotes, too annoying
+    "C90",     # some complexity checking
+    "G004",    # logging statement uses f string
+    "ERA001",  # commented out code
+    "SLF001",  # private member accessed
+    "BLE001",  # do not catch 'blind' Exception
+    "INP001",  # complains about implicit namespace packages
+    "SIM",     # some if statements crap
+    ##
 ]