Optimize model_utils.py performance with functools.lru_cache #235

Job	Run time
unit-tests / Unit grpc (3.10)	25s
unit-tests / Type checking (3.10, true)	20s
linting / lint	7s
create-project / create-project-job	39s
unit-tests / Unit (3.10)	3m 55s
unit-tests / Type checking (3.10, false)	21s
integration-tests / grpc 3.10	1m 58s
integration-tests / rest_asyncio 3.10 shard 8/8	34m 4s
integration-tests / rest_asyncio 3.10 shard 5/8	1m 45s
integration-tests / rest_asyncio 3.10 shard 4/8	13m 4s
integration-tests / rest 3.10 shard 2/10	2m 56s
integration-tests / rest_asyncio 3.10 shard 7/8	2m 17s
integration-tests / rest_asyncio 3.10 shard 6/8	13m 0s
integration-tests / rest 3.10 shard 8/10	3m 9s
integration-tests / rest_asyncio 3.10 shard 1/8	13m 10s
integration-tests / rest 3.10 shard 6/10	4m 20s
integration-tests / rest_asyncio 3.10 shard 3/8	2m 24s
integration-tests / rest_asyncio 3.10 shard 2/8	3m 51s
integration-tests / rest 3.10 shard 1/10	7m 25s
integration-tests / rest 3.10 shard 9/10	4m 3s
integration-tests / rest 3.10 shard 3/10	1m 56s
integration-tests / rest 3.10 shard 4/10	3m 41s
integration-tests / rest 3.10 shard 5/10	4m 52s
integration-tests / rest 3.10 shard 7/10	3m 45s
integration-tests / rest 3.10 shard 10/10	2m 19s
cleanup-project / cleanup-project	37s
	2h 10m 23s

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