release: prepare release for v0.16.0

[Skarlso]

Description

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• 🐛 Bug Fix
• 📝 Documentation Update
• 🎨 Style
• 🧑‍💻 Code Refactor
• 🔥 Performance Improvements
• ✅ Test
• 🤖 Build
• 🔁 CI
• 📦 Chore (Release)
• ⏩ Revert

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• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules