dep ver bump; clean-up; minor updates

Signed-off-by: Paul W. <lambdapaul@protonmail.com>

next.config.ts

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+import type {NextConfig } from 'next';
+import NextBundleAnalyzer from '@next/bundle-analyzer';
+
+let config: NextConfig = {
+    reactStrictMode: true,
+    i18n: {
+        locales: ['en-US'],
+        defaultLocale: 'en-US'
+    },
+    // not sure why this breaks prod build in the latest version
+    // aah it's so frustrating to deal with an warning log that
+    // shows up regardless of the config but its presence halts
+    // the entire thing. 
+    webpack: (config, _options) => {
+        config.module.rules.push(
+            {
+                test: /\.svg$/,
+                use: [{ loader: '@svgr/webpack' }],
+            },
+            {
+                test: /\.md$/,
+                type: 'asset/source',
+            },
+            {
+                test: /\.otf$/,
+                type: 'asset/resource',
+            },
+            {
+                test: /\.txt$/,
+                type: 'asset/source',
+            },
+        );
+
+        return config;
+    },
+};
+
+if (process.env.ANALYZE) {
+    config = NextBundleAnalyzer({
+        enabled: true
+    })(config);
+}
+
+export default config;