diff --git a/gatsby-node.js b/gatsby-node.ts
similarity index 90%
rename from gatsby-node.js
rename to gatsby-node.ts
index d0f301f8e3..3dd16efb7a 100644
--- a/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/gatsby-node.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,33 @@
-const path = require("node:path")
-const sortLibs = require("./scripts/sort-libraries")
-const globby = require("globby")
-const frontmatterParser = require("parser-front-matter")
-const { readFile } = require("node:fs/promises")
-const { promisify } = require("node:util")
+import { GatsbyNode } from "gatsby"
+import * as path from "path"
+import { promisify } from "util"
+import { readFile } from "fs/promises"
+import * as globby from "globby"
+import * as frontmatterParser from "parser-front-matter"
+import { sortLibs } from "./scripts/sort-libraries"
 
 const parse$ = promisify(frontmatterParser.parse)
 
-exports.createSchemaCustomization = ({ actions }) => {
-  const gql = String.raw
-  const { createTypes } = actions
-
-  createTypes(gql`
-    type BlogPost implements Node @childOf(types: ["MarkdownRemark"]) {
-      postId: String!
-      title: String!
-      tags: [String!]!
-      date: Date! @dateformat(formatString: "YYYY-MM-DD")
-      authors: [String!]!
-      guestBio: String
-      remark: MarkdownRemark! @link # backlink to the parent
-    }
-  `)
-}
+export const createSchemaCustomization: GatsbyNode["createSchemaCustomization"] =
+  async ({ actions }) => {
+    const gql = String.raw
+    const { createTypes } = actions
+
+    createTypes(gql`
+      type BlogPost implements Node @childOf(types: ["MarkdownRemark"]) {
+        postId: String!
+        title: String!
+        tags: [String!]!
+        date: Date! @dateformat(formatString: "YYYY-MM-DD")
+        authors: [String!]!
+        guestBio: String
+        remark: MarkdownRemark! @link # backlink to the parent
+      }
+    `)
+  }
 
 // Transform nodes, each of logic inside here can be extracted to a separated plugin later.
-exports.onCreateNode = async ({
+export const onCreateNode: GatsbyNode["onCreateNode"] = async ({
   reporter,
   node,
   actions,
@@ -79,7 +81,10 @@ exports.onCreateNode = async ({
   }
 }
 
-exports.onCreatePage = async ({ page, actions }) => {
+export const onCreatePage: GatsbyNode["onCreatePage"] = async ({
+  page,
+  actions,
+}) => {
   // trying to refactor code to be "the Gatsby way".
   // from the paths on ready, ignores a bunch of existing custom logic below.
   if (page.path.startsWith("/blog")) {
@@ -93,11 +98,11 @@ exports.onCreatePage = async ({ page, actions }) => {
   deletePage(page)
   let context = {
     ...page.context,
-    sourcePath: path.relative(__dirname, page.componentPath),
+    sourcePath: path.relative(__dirname, page.path),
   }
   if (page.path === "/code" || page.path === "/code/") {
     const markdownFilePaths = await globby("src/content/code/**/*.md")
-    const codeData = {}
+    const codeData: any = {}
     const slugMap = require("./src/content/code/slug-map.json")
     await Promise.all(
       markdownFilePaths.map(async markdownFilePath => {
@@ -171,8 +176,8 @@ exports.onCreatePage = async ({ page, actions }) => {
         }
       })
     )
-    const languageList = []
-    const toolList = []
+    const languageList: any = []
+    const toolList: any = []
     await Promise.all([
       ...Object.keys(codeData.Languages).map(async languageName => {
         const libraryCategoryMap = codeData.Languages[languageName]
@@ -242,11 +247,14 @@ exports.onCreatePage = async ({ page, actions }) => {
   })
 }
 
-exports.createPages = async ({ graphql, actions }) => {
+export const createPages: GatsbyNode["createPages"] = async ({
+  actions,
+  graphql,
+}) => {
   const { createPage } = actions
 
   const result = await graphql(`
-    {
+    query allMarkdownRemark {
       allMarkdownRemark {
         edges {
           node {
@@ -493,12 +501,13 @@ exports.createPages = async ({ graphql, actions }) => {
   }
 }
 
-exports.onCreateWebpackConfig = ({ actions }) => {
-  actions.setWebpackConfig({
-    resolve: {
-      fallback: {
-        assert: require.resolve("assert/"),
+export const onCreateWebpackConfig: GatsbyNode["onCreateWebpackConfig"] =
+  async ({ actions }) => {
+    actions.setWebpackConfig({
+      resolve: {
+        fallback: {
+          assert: "assert/",
+        },
       },
-    },
-  })
-}
+    })
+  }
diff --git a/scripts/sort-libraries.js b/scripts/sort-libraries.ts
similarity index 65%
rename from scripts/sort-libraries.js
rename to scripts/sort-libraries.ts
index 92388609d3..bf053346c1 100644
--- a/scripts/sort-libraries.js
+++ b/scripts/sort-libraries.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const fetch = require(`node-fetch`)
 const numbro = require("numbro")
 const timeago = require("timeago.js")
 
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ const getGitHubStats = async githubRepo => {
     average: true,
   })
 
-  const releases = []
+  const releases: any = []
   if (
     repo.tags &&
     repo.tags.nodes &&
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ const getGitHubStats = async githubRepo => {
   }
 }
 
-const getNpmStats = async packageName => {
+async function getNpmStats(packageName: string): Promise<number> {
   const response = await fetch(
     `https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/${encodeURIComponent(
       packageName
@@ -150,70 +149,86 @@ const getNpmStats = async packageName => {
   )
   const responseJson = await response.json()
   const downloadCount = responseJson.downloads
-  return { downloadCount }
+  if (!downloadCount) {
+    console.debug(
+      `getNpmStats: No download count for ${packageName}, so value is 0!`
+    )
+    return 0
+  }
+  return downloadCount
 }
 
-const getGemStats = async packageName => {
+async function getGemStats(packageName: string): Promise<number> {
   const response = await fetch(
     `https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/${encodeURIComponent(packageName)}.json`
   )
   const responseJson = await response.json()
   const downloadCount = responseJson.downloads
-  return { downloadCount }
+  console.debug(`getGemStats: ${downloadCount} for ${packageName}`)
+  if (!downloadCount) {
+    console.debug(
+      `getGemStats: No download count for ${packageName}, so value is 0!`
+    )
+    return 0
+  }
+  return downloadCount
 }
 
-const sortLibs = async libs => {
-  let totalStars = 0
-  const libsWithScores = await Promise.all(
-    libs.map(async lib => {
-      const [npmStats = {}, gemStars = {}, githubStats = {}] =
-        await Promise.all([
-          lib.npm && getNpmStats(lib.npm),
-          lib.gem && getGemStats(lib.gem),
-          lib.github && getGitHubStats(lib.github),
-        ])
-      const result = {
-        ...lib,
-        ...npmStats,
-        ...gemStars,
-        ...githubStats,
+export async function sortLibs(libs: any) {
+  {
+    let totalStars = 0
+    const libsWithScores = await Promise.all(
+      libs.map(async lib => {
+        console.log(`Fetching stats for ${lib.name}`)
+        console.log(`Fetching gem for ${lib.gem}`)
+        console.log(`Fetching github for ${lib.github}`)
+        const [npmStats = {}, gemStars = {}, githubStats = {}] =
+          await Promise.all([
+            lib.npm && (await getNpmStats(lib.npm)),
+            lib.gem && (await getGemStats(lib.gem)),
+            lib.github && (await getGitHubStats(lib.github)),
+          ])
+        const result = {
+          ...lib,
+          ...npmStats,
+          ...gemStars,
+          ...githubStats,
+        }
+        totalStars += result.stars || 0
+        return result
+      })
+    )
+    const sortedLibs = libsWithScores.sort((a, b) => {
+      let aScore = 0,
+        bScore = 0
+      if ("downloadCount" in a && "downloadCount" in b) {
+        if (a.downloadCount > b.downloadCount) {
+          aScore += 40
+        } else if (b.downloadCount > a.downloadCount) {
+          bScore += 40
+        }
       }
-      totalStars += result.stars || 0
-      return result
-    })
-  )
-  const sortedLibs = libsWithScores.sort((a, b) => {
-    let aScore = 0,
-      bScore = 0
-    if ("downloadCount" in a && "downloadCount" in b) {
-      if (a.downloadCount > b.downloadCount) {
-        aScore += 40
-      } else if (b.downloadCount > a.downloadCount) {
-        bScore += 40
+      if ("hasCommitsInLast3Months" in a && a.hasCommitsInLast3Months) {
+        aScore += 30
       }
-    }
-    if ("hasCommitsInLast3Months" in a && a.hasCommitsInLast3Months) {
-      aScore += 30
-    }
-    if ("hasCommitsInLast3Months" in b && b.hasCommitsInLast3Months) {
-      bScore += 30
-    }
-    if ("stars" in a && "stars" in b) {
-      if (a.stars > b.stars) {
-        aScore += 40
-      } else if (a.stars < b.stars) {
-        bScore += 40
+      if ("hasCommitsInLast3Months" in b && b.hasCommitsInLast3Months) {
+        bScore += 30
       }
-    }
-    if (bScore > aScore) {
-      return 1
-    }
-    if (bScore < aScore) {
-      return -1
-    }
-    return 0
-  })
-  return { sortedLibs, totalStars }
+      if ("stars" in a && "stars" in b) {
+        if (a.stars > b.stars) {
+          aScore += 40
+        } else if (a.stars < b.stars) {
+          bScore += 40
+        }
+      }
+      if (bScore > aScore) {
+        return 1
+      }
+      if (bScore < aScore) {
+        return -1
+      }
+      return 0
+    })
+    return { sortedLibs, totalStars }
+  }
 }
-
-module.exports = sortLibs