refactor: better TypeScript

[ilandikov]

Description

Done after pairing with @isidore

Better TypeScript imports and variable declarations

Notation

I prefer lots of very small commits prefixed with Arlo's git notation

Done

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[ilandikov]

Somehow the commits from #282 are also here O_o