diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c4e7906..efac1c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,20 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.4.3", features = ["derive"] }
 rayon = "1.7.0"
+
+# lints from https://github.com/0atman/noboilerplate/blob/main/scripts/37-functional-rust.md
+# these are deliberately extremely restrictive to avoid most of the easily-refactored
+# footguns as much as possible. unlike the github lints, this does not forbid unsafe
+# code
+[lints.clippy]
+enum_glob_use = "deny"
+pedantic = "deny"
+nursery = "deny"
+unwrap_used = "deny"
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = 'z' # size optimisation
+lto = true # link time optimisation
+codegen-units = 1 # fewer -> more optimisation
+panic = 'abort' # abort on panic
+strip = 'symbols' # strip symbols
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