hundreds of rules to read, is this on its recommended list if it's so critical? is its name 'no-floating-promises'?
Yes, and I subscribe to the parent's sentiment: this rule is essential
That's the name!
Not now, but it's planned to be starting with the next major version. They are holding off until then since changing the default rules is considered a breaking change.
https://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint/issue...