diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 77d17cc65b..72d7f1a458 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -238,8 +238,6 @@ jobs:
         pip3 install --upgrade --force-reinstall ruff==0.11.0
         python3 -m ruff check .
         python3 -m ruff check examples/mlperf/ --ignore E501
-    - name: Lint tinygrad with pylint
-      run: python -m pylint tinygrad/
     - name: Run mypy
       run: |
         python -m mypy --strict-equality --lineprecision-report .
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d3baff37e8..d64a3fbbff 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -20,21 +20,15 @@ repos:
         language: system
         always_run: true
         pass_filenames: false
-      - id: tests
-        name: subset of tests
-        entry: env PYTHONPATH="." python3 -m pytest -n=4 test/test_ops.py test/test_dtype.py test/test_schedule.py test/test_assign.py
-        language: system
-        always_run: true
-        pass_filenames: false
       - id: example
-        name: multi device tests
+        name: test all devices
         entry: python3 test/external/external_test_example.py
         language: system
         always_run: true
         pass_filenames: false
-      - id: pylint
-        name: pylint
-        entry: python3 -m pylint tinygrad/
+      - id: tests
+        name: subset of tests
+        entry: env PYTHONPATH="." python3 -m pytest -n=8 test/test_ops.py test/test_dtype.py test/test_schedule.py test/test_assign.py
         language: system
         always_run: true
         pass_filenames: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/external/external_test_example.py b/test/external/external_test_example.py
index 86c3958c80..a2740f3a5e 100644
--- a/test/external/external_test_example.py
+++ b/test/external/external_test_example.py
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ class TestExample(unittest.TestCase):
       print(f"WARNING: {device} test isn't running")
       return
 
-    x = Tensor.eye(64, device=device, requires_grad=True)
-    y = Tensor.eye(64, device=device, requires_grad=True)
+    x = Tensor.eye(8, device=device, requires_grad=True)
+    y = Tensor.eye(8, device=device, requires_grad=True)
     z = y.matmul(x).sum()
     z.backward()
 
diff --git a/test/test_tiny.py b/test/test_tiny.py
index 0c18e6a0a8..72f274a6b8 100644
--- a/test/test_tiny.py
+++ b/test/test_tiny.py
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ class TestTiny(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_mnist_backward(self):
     # NOTE: we don't have the whole model here for speed
     layers = [
-      nn.Conv2d(1, 32, 5), Tensor.relu,
-      nn.Conv2d(32, 32, 5), Tensor.relu]
+      nn.Conv2d(1, 8, 5), Tensor.relu,
+      nn.Conv2d(8, 8, 5), Tensor.relu]
 
     # replace random weights with ones
     # TODO: there's a bug here where it's tying two of the biases together. we need UNIQUE const
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class TestTiny(unittest.TestCase):
 
     # realize gradients
     for x in nn.state.get_parameters(layers): x.requires_grad_()
-    Tensor.empty(4, 1, 28, 28).sequential(layers).sum().backward()
+    Tensor.empty(4, 1, 14, 14).sequential(layers).sum().backward()
     Tensor.realize(*[x.grad for x in nn.state.get_parameters(layers) if x.grad is not None])
 
   # *** image ***
diff --git a/tinygrad/renderer/__init__.py b/tinygrad/renderer/__init__.py
index 068e8afb26..87ddce695a 100644
--- a/tinygrad/renderer/__init__.py
+++ b/tinygrad/renderer/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from tinygrad.uop.ops import Ops, UOp, sym_infer, sint, Variable, ssimplify, Gro
 from tinygrad.dtype import AddrSpace, PtrDType
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
   from tinygrad.codegen.opt.tc import TensorCore
-  from tinygrad.codegen.opt.kernel import Opt
+  from tinygrad.codegen.opt import Opt
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class Estimates: