v3.4.0

What's Changed

• prep for next snapshot by @typotter in #49
• fix: make empty config default instead of null by @typotter in #51
• chore:bump version by @typotter in #52
• chore(deps): bump org.slf4j:slf4j-api from 2.0.13 to 2.0.16 by @dependabot in #27
• chore(deps): bump commons-codec:commons-codec from 1.17.0 to 1.17.1 by @dependabot in #22
• chore(deps): bump commons-io:commons-io from 2.11.0 to 2.17.0 by @dependabot in #40
• feat: assignment cache by @typotter in #50

Full Changelog: v3.3.2...v3.4.0