* perf: reduce memory usage upon running server tests * perf: plug leaks in server/routes * perf: plug leaks in server/scripts * perf: plug leaks in server/policies * perf: plug leaks in server/models * perf: plug leaks in server/middlewares * perf: plug leaks in server/commands * fix: missing await on db.flush * perf: plug leaks in server/queues * chore: remove unused legacy funcs * fix: await on db.flush * perf: await on GC to run in between tests * fix: remove db refs * fix: revert embeds * perf: plug leaks in shared/i18n
closes #2798
This PR moves the entire project to Typescript. Due to the ~1000 ignores this will lead to a messy codebase for a while, but the churn is worth it – all of those ignore comments are places that were never type-safe previously. closes #1282