diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 095c9f86..7211c9bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "setup": "yarn install && yarn allow-scripts && yarn patch-package",
     "lint:eslint": "yarn eslint . --ext ts,js",
     "lint:config-validation": "node ./scripts/validate-configs.js",
-    "lint:misc": "prettier '**/*.json' '**/*.md' '!**/CHANGELOG.md' '**/*.yml' --ignore-path .gitignore",
+    "lint:misc": "prettier '**/*.json' '!**/rules-snapshot.json' '**/*.md' '!**/CHANGELOG.md' '**/*.yml' --ignore-path .gitignore",
     "lint": "yarn lint:eslint && yarn lint:misc --check && yarn lint:config-validation",
     "lint:fix": "yarn lint:eslint --fix && yarn lint:misc --write && yarn lint:config-validation --write"
   },
diff --git a/packages/base/rules-snapshot.json b/packages/base/rules-snapshot.json
index 752fcd9c..2924fd56 100644
--- a/packages/base/rules-snapshot.json
+++ b/packages/base/rules-snapshot.json
@@ -72,6 +72,28 @@
   "getter-return": "error",
   "grouped-accessor-pairs": "error",
   "guard-for-in": "error",
+  "id-denylist": [
+    "error",
+    "buf",
+    "cat",
+    "err",
+    "cb",
+    "cfg",
+    "hex",
+    "int",
+    "msg",
+    "num",
+    "opt",
+    "sig"
+  ],
+  "id-length": [
+    "error",
+    {
+      "min": 2,
+      "properties": "never",
+      "exceptionPatterns": ["_", "a", "b", "i", "j", "k"]
+    }
+  ],
   "implicit-arrow-linebreak": "off",
   "import/default": "error",
   "import/export": "error",
diff --git a/packages/base/src/index.js b/packages/base/src/index.js
index 59873131..b802850f 100644
--- a/packages/base/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/base/src/index.js
@@ -71,6 +71,30 @@ module.exports = {
     'func-name-matching': 'error',
     'grouped-accessor-pairs': 'error',
     'guard-for-in': 'error',
+    'id-denylist': [
+      // This sets this rule to 'error', the rest are the forbidden IDs.
+      'error',
+      // These are basically all useless contractions.
+      'buf',
+      'cat',
+      'err',
+      'cb',
+      'cfg',
+      'hex',
+      'int',
+      'msg',
+      'num',
+      'opt',
+      'sig',
+    ],
+    'id-length': [
+      'error',
+      {
+        min: 2,
+        properties: 'never',
+        exceptionPatterns: ['_', 'a', 'b', 'i', 'j', 'k'],
+      },
+    ],
     'lines-between-class-members': 'error',
     'max-statements-per-line': [
       'error',