Improve Scripts

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I attempted to make the script more performant where it was reasonable and easier to maintain. I also fixed some typos that I've noticed, as well as migrate many of the functions to more modern Python equivalents. I believe this is more robust overall, but I'll let you be the judge. I also attempted to have a repo cache that all other functions reuse, because the functions iterate through the repo many times, but I'm tired. Good thing I didn't do that on the old monolith.

[rzuckerm]

This is way too big of a change. There is no way I will accept this PR, sorry!

[jrg94]

I would have to agree. While I like the bits that use the image titler as a subprocess, this is a colossal rewrite of a system that has more or less been working as-is. If you want to make these kinds of sweeping changes, I would prefer they were broken up into reasonably reviewable pull requests.

[jrg94]

Like even just the third commit is a massive rewrite. Perhaps it was possible to whip that up quickly. But on the off chance there was some AI assistance, that somewhat goes against the spirit of the repo. It also just creates a ton of work for our humble team of maintainers (i.e., mainly @rzuckerm). Because he puts so much work in, I feel obligated to support him here.