build(deps): bump javascript dependencies / forward-port as needed

Ran `npm outdated` to examine outdated dependencies, and bumped all of them

- @zeit/ncc is no longer maintained, @vercel/ncc is current dep
- typescript v4+ requires typing for errors in catch

Handled the typescript error typing in what appears to be the idiomatic
way, e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/a/64452744