diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index b08d81982..f6653b73b 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -7,33 +7,30 @@ require:
 
 # This configuration was generated by
 # `rubocop --auto-gen-config`
-# on 2020-02-18 09:06:00 +0100 using RuboCop version 0.79.0.
+# on 2020-03-27 09:48:49 +0100 using RuboCop version 0.79.0.
 # The point is for the user to remove these configuration records
 # one by one as the offenses are removed from the code base.
 # Note that changes in the inspected code, or installation of new
 # versions of RuboCop, may require this file to be generated again.
 
-# Offense count: 241
+# Offense count: 247
 Metrics/AbcSize:
   Max: 75
 
-# Offense count: 10
+# Offense count: 7
 # Configuration parameters: CountComments, ExcludedMethods.
 # ExcludedMethods: refine
 Metrics/BlockLength:
   Max: 62
 
-# Offense count: 8
+# Offense count: 3
 # Configuration parameters: Max.
 RSpec/ExampleLength:
   Exclude:
-    - 'spec/labor/badge_rewarder_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/models/comment_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/models/notification_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/requests/api/v0/articles_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/requests/display_ad_events_spec.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 559
+# Offense count: 717
 # Configuration parameters: AggregateFailuresByDefault.
 RSpec/MultipleExpectations:
   Max: 8
@@ -43,40 +40,38 @@ RSpec/SubjectStub:
   Exclude:
     - 'spec/models/article_spec.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 1
+# Offense count: 2
 # Configuration parameters: Include.
 # Include: app/helpers/**/*.rb
 Rails/HelperInstanceVariable:
   Exclude:
     - 'app/helpers/application_helper.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 16
+# Offense count: 11
 Rails/OutputSafety:
   Exclude:
     - 'app/helpers/application_helper.rb'
     - 'app/helpers/comments_helper.rb'
-    - 'app/labor/markdown_parser.rb'
     - 'app/liquid_tags/github_tag/github_issue_tag.rb'
     - 'app/liquid_tags/liquid_tag_base.rb'
     - 'app/models/comment.rb'
     - 'app/models/display_ad.rb'
     - 'app/models/message.rb'
-    - 'app/views/articles/feed.rss.builder'
 
-# Offense count: 27
+# Offense count: 26
+# Configuration parameters: Include.
+# Include: app/models/**/*.rb
+Rails/UniqueValidationWithoutIndex:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 32
 # Cop supports --auto-correct.
 # Configuration parameters: AutoCorrect, EnforcedStyle.
 # SupportedStyles: nested, compact
 Style/ClassAndModuleChildren:
   Enabled: false
 
-# Offense count: 2
-# Configuration parameters: MinBodyLength.
-Style/GuardClause:
-  Exclude:
-    - 'app/models/article.rb'
-
-# Offense count: 3757
+# Offense count: 4410
 # Cop supports --auto-correct.
 # Configuration parameters: AutoCorrect, AllowHeredoc, AllowURI, URISchemes, IgnoreCopDirectives, IgnoredPatterns.
 # URISchemes: http, https
diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index e2a98c4cc..45d7fbcce 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -601,9 +601,9 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def past_or_present_date
-    if published_at && published_at > Time.current
-      errors.add(:date_time, "must be entered in DD/MM/YYYY format with current or past date")
-    end
+    return unless published_at && published_at > Time.current
+
+    errors.add(:date_time, "must be entered in DD/MM/YYYY format with current or past date")
   end
 
   def canonical_url_must_not_have_spaces
@@ -639,9 +639,9 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
       self.cached_organization = OpenStruct.new(set_cached_object(organization))
     end
 
-    if user
-      self.cached_user = OpenStruct.new(set_cached_object(user))
-    end
+    return unless user
+
+    self.cached_user = OpenStruct.new(set_cached_object(user))
   end
 
   def set_cached_object(object)
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index b6df83e5a..5e3c903ec 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Rails.logger.info "Seeding with multiplication factor: #{SEEDS_MULTIPLIER}"
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-Rails.logger.info "#{counter += 1}. Creating Organizations"
+counter += 1
+Rails.logger.info "#{counter}. Creating Organizations"
 
 3.times do
   Organization.create!(
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ end
 
 num_users = 10 * SEEDS_MULTIPLIER
 
-Rails.logger.info "#{counter += 1}. Creating #{num_users} Users"
+counter += 1
+Rails.logger.info "#{counter}. Creating #{num_users} Users"
 
 User.clear_index!
 
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ num_users.times do |i|
     password: "password",
   )
 
-  if i == 0
+  if i.zero?
     user.add_role(:trusted) # guarantee at least one moderator
   else
     user.add_role(roles[rand(0..roles.length)]) # includes chance of having no role
@@ -93,7 +95,8 @@ end
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-Rails.logger.info "#{counter += 1}. Creating Tags"
+counter += 1
+Rails.logger.info "#{counter}. Creating Tags"
 
 tags = %w[beginners career computerscience git go
           java javascript linux productivity python security webdev]
@@ -111,7 +114,8 @@ end
 
 num_articles = 25 * SEEDS_MULTIPLIER
 
-Rails.logger.info "#{counter += 1}. Creating #{num_articles} Articles"
+counter += 1
+Rails.logger.info "#{counter}. Creating #{num_articles} Articles"
 
 Article.clear_index!
 
@@ -145,7 +149,8 @@ end
 
 num_comments = 30 * SEEDS_MULTIPLIER
 
-Rails.logger.info "#{counter += 1}. Creating #{num_comments} Comments"
+counter += 1
+Rails.logger.info "#{counter}. Creating #{num_comments} Comments"
 
 num_comments.times do
   attributes = {
@@ -160,7 +165,8 @@ end
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-Rails.logger.info "#{counter += 1}. Creating Podcasts"
+counter += 1
+Rails.logger.info "#{counter}. Creating Podcasts"
 
 image_file = Rails.root.join("spec/support/fixtures/images/image1.jpeg")
 
@@ -228,7 +234,8 @@ end
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-Rails.logger.info "#{counter += 1}. Creating Broadcasts and Welcome Thread"
+counter += 1
+Rails.logger.info "#{counter}. Creating Broadcasts and Welcome Thread"
 
 # TODO: [@thepracticaldev/delightful] Remove this once we have launched welcome notifications.
 Broadcast.create!(
@@ -274,7 +281,8 @@ Article.create!(
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-Rails.logger.info "#{counter += 1}. Creating Chat Channels and Messages"
+counter += 1
+Rails.logger.info "#{counter}. Creating Chat Channels and Messages"
 
 %w[Workshop Meta General].each do |chan|
   ChatChannel.create!(
@@ -293,7 +301,8 @@ Message.create!(
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-Rails.logger.info "#{counter += 1}. Creating HTML Variants"
+counter += 1
+Rails.logger.info "#{counter}. Creating HTML Variants"
 
 HtmlVariant.create!(
   name: rand(100).to_s,
@@ -307,7 +316,8 @@ HtmlVariant.create!(
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-Rails.logger.info "#{counter += 1}. Creating Badges"
+counter += 1
+Rails.logger.info "#{counter}. Creating Badges"
 
 Badge.create!(
   title: Faker::Lorem.word,
@@ -317,7 +327,8 @@ Badge.create!(
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-Rails.logger.info "#{counter += 1}. Creating FeedbackMessages"
+counter += 1
+Rails.logger.info "#{counter}. Creating FeedbackMessages"
 
 mod = User.first
 
@@ -356,7 +367,8 @@ end
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-Rails.logger.info "#{counter += 1}. Creating Classified Listings"
+counter += 1
+Rails.logger.info "#{counter}. Creating Classified Listings"
 
 users = User.order(Arel.sql("RANDOM()")).to_a
 users.each { |user| Credit.add_to(user, rand(100)) }
@@ -383,7 +395,8 @@ end
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-Rails.logger.info "#{counter += 1}. Creating Pages"
+counter += 1
+Rails.logger.info "#{counter}. Creating Pages"
 
 5.times do
   Page.create!(
diff --git a/spec/requests/stories_show_spec.rb b/spec/requests/stories_show_spec.rb
index 6faa39ead..6ff6d4a37 100644
--- a/spec/requests/stories_show_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/stories_show_spec.rb
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ RSpec.describe "StoriesShow", type: :request do
       expect(response.body).not_to include("noindex")
     end
 
-    it "does not have noindex if article intermediate score and <code>" do
+    it "does not have noindex if article w/ intermediate score w/ 1 comment " do
       article = create(:article, score: 3)
       article.user.update_column(:comments_count, 1)
       get article.path
diff --git a/spec/services/articles/feed_spec.rb b/spec/services/articles/feed_spec.rb
index 9f4c9f49d..eb1e22f4b 100644
--- a/spec/services/articles/feed_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/articles/feed_spec.rb
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ RSpec.describe Articles::Feed, type: :service do
   describe "all non-default experiments" do
     it "returns articles for all experiments" do
       new_story = create(:article, published_at: 10.minutes.ago, score: 10)
-      NON_DEFAULT_EXPERIMENTS.each do |method|
+      NON_DEFAULT_EXPERIMENTS.each do |_method|
         stories = feed.default_home_feed_with_more_randomness_experiment
         expect(stories).to include(old_story)
         expect(stories).to include(new_story)
diff --git a/spec/services/slack/announcer_spec.rb b/spec/services/slack/announcer_spec.rb
index 30ff13a1f..56c12049e 100644
--- a/spec/services/slack/announcer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/slack/announcer_spec.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RSpec.describe Slack::Announcer, type: :service do
     described_class.call(params)
 
     expect(SlackClient).to have_received(:ping).
-      with(message, params.reject { |k| k == :message}).
+      with(message, params.reject { |k| k == :message }).
       once
   end
 end