diff --git a/src/bootstrap-cli.ts b/src/bootstrap-cli.ts
index 68985e69dff..f454b830ea6 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap-cli.ts
+++ b/src/bootstrap-cli.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-/* eslint-disable local/code-import-patterns */
-
 // Delete `VSCODE_CWD` very early. We have seen
 // reports where `code .` would use the wrong
 // current working directory due to our variable
diff --git a/src/bootstrap-esm.ts b/src/bootstrap-esm.ts
index 0b7e8b48145..b0c6d142a4f 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap-esm.ts
+++ b/src/bootstrap-esm.ts
@@ -36,16 +36,15 @@ if (process.env['ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE'] || process.versions['electron']) {
 	register(`data:text/javascript;base64,${Buffer.from(jsCode).toString('base64')}`, import.meta.url);
 }
 
+// Prepare globals that are needed for running
 globalThis._VSCODE_PRODUCT_JSON = { ...product };
 if (process.env['VSCODE_DEV']) {
-	// Patch product overrides when running out of sources
 	try {
 		const overrides = require('../product.overrides.json');
 		globalThis._VSCODE_PRODUCT_JSON = Object.assign(globalThis._VSCODE_PRODUCT_JSON, overrides);
 	} catch (error) { /* ignore */ }
 }
 globalThis._VSCODE_PACKAGE_JSON = { ...pkg };
-
 globalThis._VSCODE_FILE_ROOT = __dirname;
 
 //#region NLS helpers
diff --git a/src/bootstrap-meta.ts b/src/bootstrap-meta.ts
index b8a163d277e..c17716c8d31 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap-meta.ts
+++ b/src/bootstrap-meta.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable local/code-import-patterns */
 
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
-import { IProductConfiguration } from './vs/base/common/product.js';
+import type { IProductConfiguration } from './vs/base/common/product.js';
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap-node.ts b/src/bootstrap-node.ts
index e770cedcc46..0fc29f14d2c 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap-node.ts
+++ b/src/bootstrap-node.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
-import { IProductConfiguration } from './vs/base/common/product';
+import type { IProductConfiguration } from './vs/base/common/product';
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
@@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ export function removeGlobalNodeJsModuleLookupPaths(): void {
 			while (commonSuffixLength < paths.length && paths[paths.length - 1 - commonSuffixLength] === globalPaths[globalPaths.length - 1 - commonSuffixLength]) {
 				commonSuffixLength++;
 			}
+
 			return paths.slice(0, paths.length - commonSuffixLength);
 		}
+
 		return paths;
 	};
 }
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ export function removeGlobalNodeJsModuleLookupPaths(): void {
 export function configurePortable(product: Partial<IProductConfiguration>): { portableDataPath: string; isPortable: boolean } {
 	const appRoot = path.dirname(__dirname);
 
-	function getApplicationPath() {
+	function getApplicationPath(): string {
 		if (process.env['VSCODE_DEV']) {
 			return appRoot;
 		}
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ export function configurePortable(product: Partial<IProductConfiguration>): { po
 		return path.dirname(path.dirname(appRoot));
 	}
 
-	function getPortableDataPath() {
+	function getPortableDataPath(): string {
 		if (process.env['VSCODE_PORTABLE']) {
 			return process.env['VSCODE_PORTABLE'];
 		}
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 9d4cff34d76..2138298e3b8 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'original-fs';
 import * as os from 'os';
-import * as bootstrapNode from './bootstrap-node.js';
-import * as bootstrapESM from './bootstrap-esm.js';
+import { configurePortable } from './bootstrap-node.js';
+import { load } from './bootstrap-esm.js';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import { app, protocol, crashReporter, Menu, contentTracing } from 'electron';
 import minimist from 'minimist';
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 perf.mark('code/didStartMain');
 
 // Enable portable support
-const portable = bootstrapNode.configurePortable(product);
+const portable = configurePortable(product);
 
 const args = parseCLIArgs();
 // Configure static command line arguments
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ function startup(codeCachePath: string | undefined, nlsConfig: INLSConfiguration
 	process.env['VSCODE_CODE_CACHE_PATH'] = codeCachePath || '';
 
 	perf.mark('code/willLoadMainBundle');
-	bootstrapESM.load('vs/code/electron-main/main', () => {
+	load('vs/code/electron-main/main', () => {
 		perf.mark('code/didLoadMainBundle');
 	});
 }
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ function configureCommandlineSwitchesSync(cliArgs: NativeParsedArgs) {
 				} else {
 					app.commandLine.appendSwitch(argvKey);
 				}
-			} else if (typeof argvValue === 'string') {
+			} else if (typeof argvValue === 'string' && argvValue) {
 				if (argvKey === 'password-store') {
 					// Password store
 					// TODO@TylerLeonhardt: Remove this migration in 3 months
diff --git a/src/server-main.ts b/src/server-main.ts
index 4a30c8860ed..79439bdfc4b 100644
--- a/src/server-main.ts
+++ b/src/server-main.ts
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function loadCode(nlsConfiguration: INLSConfiguration): Promise<typeof import('.
 	});
 }
 
-function hasStdinWithoutTty() {
+function hasStdinWithoutTty(): boolean {
 	try {
 		return !process.stdin.isTTY; // Via https://twitter.com/MylesBorins/status/782009479382626304
 	} catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/vs/base/node/nls.ts b/src/vs/base/node/nls.ts
index f7a26babf20..c0784d05155 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/node/nls.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/node/nls.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as perf from '../common/performance.js';
-import { ILanguagePacks, INLSConfiguration } from '../../nls.js';
+import type { ILanguagePacks, INLSConfiguration } from '../../nls.js';
 
 export interface IResolveNLSConfigurationContext {
 
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ async function exists(path: string): Promise<boolean> {
 
 function touch(path: string): Promise<void> {
 	const date = new Date();
+
 	return fs.promises.utimes(path, date, date);
 }