* Upgrade the following system dependencies:
'nodejs' to '16.13.1'
'npm' to '8.1.2'
'pnpm' to '6.24.1'
'node-gyp' to '8.4.1'
* Remove duplicate reference to node version for ease of maintenance
- upgrade commitlint and eslint-plugin-unicorn dependencies
- update prepare-code script to run lint:fix instead of lint
- fix unicorn/no-await-expression-member lint issues
- various whitespace formatting fixes due to lint:fix