Centralize Configurations for Runtime

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• [ ] Add input/output type hints to new functions/methods
• [ ] Write design document if needed (Do I need to write a design document?)
• [ ] Write/update unit tests
• [ ] Write/update integration tests
• [ ] Write/update functional tests if needed
• [ ] make pr passes
• [ ] make update-reproducible-reqs if dependencies were changed
• [ ] Write documentation

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