diff --git a/ts_config/eslint/base.js b/ts_config/eslint/base.js
index 13440d1..6611f89 100644
--- a/ts_config/eslint/base.js
+++ b/ts_config/eslint/base.js
@@ -51,9 +51,16 @@ export { DEFAULT_IGNORES } from "./ignores.js";
  * @param {boolean} [options.aliasOnly] Ban `../` parent-relative imports so
  *   every cross-directory import goes through the repo's `@/` alias. Default
  *   true; a repo with no alias configured turns it off with a reason.
+ * @param {string[]} [options.project] tsconfig paths for the type-aware
+ *   rules, relative to tsconfigRootDir. Default is the project service
+ *   (nearest tsconfig.json per file). A package whose tsconfig.json excludes
+ *   its tests so they never land in dist/ passes its lint tsconfig here.
  */
-export function base({ aliasOnly = true, ignores = [], tsconfigRootDir }) {
+export function base({ aliasOnly = true, ignores = [], project, tsconfigRootDir }) {
   requireNonEmptyString(tsconfigRootDir, "base() tsconfigRootDir");
+  const parserOptions = project
+    ? { project, tsconfigRootDir }
+    : { projectService: true, tsconfigRootDir };
   return tseslint.config(
     { ignores: [...DEFAULT_IGNORES, ...ignores] },
     { linterOptions: { reportUnusedDisableDirectives: "error" } },
@@ -67,9 +74,7 @@ export function base({ aliasOnly = true, ignores = [], tsconfigRootDir }) {
 
     {
       files: TS_FILES,
-      languageOptions: {
-        parserOptions: { projectService: true, tsconfigRootDir },
-      },
+      languageOptions: { parserOptions },
       rules: {
         // `type X = {}` and `interface X {}` are interchangeable for the
         // shapes this codebase writes; picking one keeps diffs quiet.
diff --git a/ts_config/eslint/index.js b/ts_config/eslint/index.js
index f43d996..b245964 100644
--- a/ts_config/eslint/index.js
+++ b/ts_config/eslint/index.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export { vitestConfig } from "./vitest.js";
  *   consumer's eslint.config.js.
  * @param {string[]} [options.ignores]
  * @param {boolean} [options.aliasOnly]
+ * @param {string[]} [options.project] See base().
  * @param {boolean} [options.react] Stack the React layer.
  * @param {boolean} [options.vitest] Stack the vitest rules (default true).
  * @param {boolean} [options.playwright] Stack the Playwright rules.
@@ -38,12 +39,13 @@ export function defineConfig({
   ignores,
   overrides = [],
   playwright = false,
+  project,
   react: withReact = false,
   tsconfigRootDir,
   vitest = true,
 }) {
   return [
-    ...base({ aliasOnly, ignores, tsconfigRootDir }),
+    ...base({ aliasOnly, ignores, project, tsconfigRootDir }),
     ...(withReact ? react : []),
     ...(vitest ? vitestConfig : []),
     ...(playwright ? playwrightConfig : []),
diff --git a/ts_config/eslint/overrides.js b/ts_config/eslint/overrides.js
index d828dff..70aad87 100644
--- a/ts_config/eslint/overrides.js
+++ b/ts_config/eslint/overrides.js
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 
 /** @type {import("eslint").Linter.Config[]} */
 export const overrides = [
+  {
+    // A package's entry point IS a barrel: its whole job is to name the
+    // public API. The rule stays on everywhere else, where a barrel is how
+    // `import { x } from "@/utils"` ends up pulling in forty modules.
+    files: ["src/index.{ts,tsx}", "index.{ts,tsx}"],
+    rules: { "unicorn/no-barrel-files": "off" },
+  },
   {
     rules: {
       // Directly contradicts unicorn/consistent-class-member-order: one wants
diff --git a/ts_config/eslint/react.js b/ts_config/eslint/react.js
index a4588e4..3c33966 100644
--- a/ts_config/eslint/react.js
+++ b/ts_config/eslint/react.js
@@ -45,4 +45,12 @@ export const react = [
     files: ["**/*.tsx", "**/*.jsx"],
     ...reactRefresh.configs.vite,
   },
+  {
+    files: TS_FILES,
+    rules: {
+      // `className` is React's own prop name; in a React codebase the rule
+      // fires on every styled element and cannot be satisfied.
+      "unicorn/no-keyword-prefix": "off",
+    },
+  },
 ];
diff --git a/ts_config/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/ts_config/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index cc8a728..1846b62 100644
--- a/ts_config/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/ts_config/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 allowBuilds:
-  unrs-resolver: set this to true or false
+  unrs-resolver: false
 minimumReleaseAgeExclude:
   - eslint-plugin-unicorn@75.0.0
diff --git a/ts_config/test/config.test.js b/ts_config/test/config.test.js
index a6c29b6..4c32b50 100644
--- a/ts_config/test/config.test.js
+++ b/ts_config/test/config.test.js
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ describe("base()", () => {
     expect(entry?.languageOptions.parserOptions.tsconfigRootDir).toBe(ROOT);
   });
 
+  it("uses an explicit project list instead of the project service when given", () => {
+    const entry = base({ project: ["./tsconfig.lint.json"], tsconfigRootDir: ROOT }).find(
+      (candidate) => candidate.languageOptions?.parserOptions?.project,
+    );
+    expect(entry.languageOptions.parserOptions).toEqual({
+      project: ["./tsconfig.lint.json"],
+      tsconfigRootDir: ROOT,
+    });
+    expect(entry.languageOptions.parserOptions.projectService).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it("drops the alias-only import ban when asked", () => {
     expect(ruleIds(base({ tsconfigRootDir: ROOT }))).toContain("no-restricted-imports");
     expect(ruleIds(base({ aliasOnly: false, tsconfigRootDir: ROOT }))).not.toContain(