diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 60eb0df..d78a5c8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -149,17 +149,8 @@ ignore-patterns = [".*\\.pyi$"]
 [tool.pylint.messages_control]
 # Enable all checks by disabling disable
 enable = "all"
-# Minimal disabled checks - pylint internal/meta messages only
-disable = [
-    "raw-checker-failed",
-    "bad-inline-option",
-    "locally-disabled",
-    "file-ignored",
-    "suppressed-message",
-    "useless-suppression",
-    "deprecated-pragma",
-    "use-symbolic-message-instead",
-]
+# No disabled checks - maximum strictness
+disable = []
 
 [tool.pylint.format]
 # Maximum line length (same as ruff/black)
@@ -202,8 +193,8 @@ ignore-imports = true
 spelling-dict = ""
 
 [tool.pylint.typecheck]
-# Ignore missing members for dynamic modules
-ignored-modules = ["chess", "pygame", "cv2", "PIL"]
+# Ignore missing members for dynamic modules (optional dependencies)
+ignored-modules = ["chess", "pygame", "cv2", "PIL", "mitmproxy", "selenium", "bs4", "lxml", "berserk", "bottle"]
 
 # ============================================================================
 # BANDIT - Security linter
diff --git a/python_pkg/lichess_bot/lichess_api.py b/python_pkg/lichess_bot/lichess_api.py
index 7576d4d..0e7f9ee 100644
--- a/python_pkg/lichess_bot/lichess_api.py
+++ b/python_pkg/lichess_bot/lichess_api.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Lichess API client for bot interactions."""
 
-from collections.abc import Generator  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from collections.abc import Generator
 import contextlib
 from http import HTTPStatus
 import json
diff --git a/python_pkg/lichess_bot/utils.py b/python_pkg/lichess_bot/utils.py
index cf63844..693d4ce 100644
--- a/python_pkg/lichess_bot/utils.py
+++ b/python_pkg/lichess_bot/utils.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def get_and_increment_version() -> int:
     path = _version_file_path()
     current = 0
     try:
-        with Path(path).open() as f:
+        with Path(path).open(encoding="utf-8") as f:
             raw = f.read().strip()
             if raw:
                 current = int(raw)
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ def get_and_increment_version() -> int:
     new_version = current + 1
     try:
         tmp_path = Path(path + ".tmp")
-        with tmp_path.open("w") as f:
+        with tmp_path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             f.write(str(new_version))
         tmp_path.replace(path)
     except OSError:
         # As a fallback, try a direct write; failure is non-fatal to bot operation
         try:
-            with Path(path).open("w") as f:
+            with Path(path).open("w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                 f.write(str(new_version))
         except OSError:
             _logger.debug("Could not persist bot version to %s", path)
diff --git a/python_pkg/mock_server/mock_server.py b/python_pkg/mock_server/mock_server.py
index 4e5c07f..767118b 100644
--- a/python_pkg/mock_server/mock_server.py
+++ b/python_pkg/mock_server/mock_server.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Mitmproxy addon to simulate connection failures."""
 
-from mitmproxy import http  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from mitmproxy import http
 
 
 def request(flow: http.HTTPFlow) -> None:
diff --git a/python_pkg/scrape_website/scrape_comics.py b/python_pkg/scrape_website/scrape_comics.py
index db779c4..da46205 100644
--- a/python_pkg/scrape_website/scrape_comics.py
+++ b/python_pkg/scrape_website/scrape_comics.py
@@ -6,14 +6,10 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import requests
-
-# pylint: disable=import-error
 from selenium import webdriver
 from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
 from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
 
-# pylint: enable=import-error
-
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 30  # seconds
diff --git a/python_pkg/screen_locker/workout_log.json b/python_pkg/screen_locker/workout_log.json
index 7b624cc..dae29cc 100644
--- a/python_pkg/screen_locker/workout_log.json
+++ b/python_pkg/screen_locker/workout_log.json
@@ -16,5 +16,11 @@
     "workout_data": {
       "type": "strength"
     }
+  },
+  "2025-12-01": {
+    "timestamp": "2025-12-01T11:08:00.578301+00:00",
+    "workout_data": {
+      "type": "strength"
+    }
   }
 }