Why

Managing a complex ESLint configuration takes time and effort. Sheriff does it for you.

There are a lot of factors to take into considerations when you want to tackle a complex ESLint configuration.
It requires a lot of expertise into the Javascript engine and the multitude of Javascript libraries, their nuances, and the interlacing between their behaviors.

And it's a huge burden to maintain it.

With Sheriff, maintaining the ESLint configuration is as simple as updating Sheriff to the latest version.