chore: some cleanup & fixes #1075

Job	Run time
lint commit message	29s
mypy check on linux (3.8)	44s
mypy check on linux (3.9)	50s
mypy check on linux (3.10)	1m 1s
mypy check on linux (3.11)	53s
build python package	32s
mypy check on linux (3.12)	1m 7s
linting-linux	8s
pytest on linux (3.8)	1m 55s
pytest on linux (3.9)	1m 34s
pytest on linux (3.10)	1m 37s
conda package build	1m 22s
pytest on linux (3.11)	1m 22s
pytest on linux (3.12)	1m 46s
test coverage	6s
publish python package to anaconda	0s
publish python package	0s
merge current tag to main branch	0s
	15m 26s

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