docs: modernize code examples

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PR Checklist

• Addresses an existing open issue: works on 📝 Docs: Review docs for correctness #5528
• That issue was marked as status: accepting prs
• Steps in CONTRIBUTING.md were taken

Overview

Various minor improvements to make our code samples more modern :)

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[mark-wiemer]

changes looking good so far :)

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 88.40%. Comparing base (bbd0ace) to head (2dd909d).
⚠️ Report is 5 commits behind head on main.

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[mark-wiemer]

Will merge in 7 days unless someone stops me :)