refactor: improve `findUp` utility correctness and performance #2845

Job	Run time
list	21s
workflow (devkit-core-tests-rerun)	1m 34s
workflow (build-cli)	1m 48s
workflow (build-unit-tests)	2m 33s
workflow (devkit-core-tests)	1m 33s
workflow (modules-builder-tests)	1m 50s
	9m 39s

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