diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
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index 0000000..61997b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
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+[flake8]
+ignore = E203, E501, E226, F403, F405, E302,
+    W503, E305, E228, E227, E231, E251, E129,
+    E131, U101
+
+# vim: ft=dosini
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..6061583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.sqlite3
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
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+++ b/mypy.ini
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+[mypy]
+check_untyped_defs = True
+no_implicit_optional = True
+strict_optional = True
+strict_equality = True
+
+warn_redundant_casts = True
+warn_unused_ignores = True
+warn_return_any = True
+warn_no_return = True
+warn_unreachable = True
+
+disallow_untyped_defs = True
+disallow_incomplete_defs = True
+
+[mypy-tqdm,scipy,scipy.optimize]
+ignore_missing_imports = True