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+title: "Finding linters"
+date: 2024-12-08T23:40:26+01:00
+tags:
+  - dev
+  - devops
+---
+
+A no-brainer and effective way to increase code quality in an organization is by
+the means of incorporating linters into your CI/CD pipeline.
+
+But where can you find them?
+
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+
+Some sources of inspiration include curated "super-mega-hyper" linter packages,
+such as:
+
+- https://megalinter.io
+- https://github.com/super-linter/super-linter
+
+I am not generally a fan of employing these collections directly because it's
+not possible to exert tight control over them, and there's no security or
+reproducibility guarantee of their pipeline.
+
+Instead, I cherry-pick interesting / useful linters from their packs,
+effectively using them as serendipity sources for linters.
+
+Bonus points whenever there's out-of-the-box integration with the pre-commit.com
+framework i.e. whenever there's a `.pre-commit-config.yaml` file present at the
+root of the git repo.