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-/**
- * Reading list renderer — turns the curated reading list data file into
- * category-grouped HTML. Pure string builder (no DOM), so it can be unit
- * tested in Node; the browser wiring at the bottom is guarded accordingly.
- */
-import { READING_LIST } from "../data/reading-list.js";
-
-/** HTML-escape a value so it is safe to embed in markup. */
-export function escapeHtml(value) {
-  return String(value)
-    .replaceAll("&", "&")
-    .replaceAll("<", "&lt;")
-    .replaceAll(">", "&gt;")
-    .replaceAll('"', "&quot;")
-    .replaceAll("'", "&#39;");
-}
-
-/** True when the value is an absolute http(s) URL. */
-export function isValidUrl(value) {
-  try {
-    const url = new URL(String(value));
-    return url.protocol === "http:" || url.protocol === "https:";
-  } catch {
-    return false;
-  }
-}
-
-/** True when the entry has everything needed to render. */
-export function isValidEntry(entry) {
-  return Boolean(
-    entry &&
-      typeof entry.title === "string" &&
-      entry.title.length > 0 &&
-      isValidUrl(entry.url)
-  );
-}
-
-/**
- * Group valid entries by category, preserving first-seen category order and
- * entry order within each category. Entries without a category fall under
- * "Uncategorized". Invalid entries are skipped.
- */
-export function groupByCategory(entries) {
-  const groups = new Map();
-  for (const entry of entries) {
-    if (!isValidEntry(entry)) continue;
-    const category = entry.category || "Uncategorized";
-    if (!groups.has(category)) groups.set(category, []);
-    groups.get(category).push(entry);
-  }
-  return groups;
-}
-
-/** Slugify a category name into a stable, unique HTML id. */
-function slugify(value) {
-  return value
-    .toLowerCase()
-    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, "-")
-    .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, "");
-}
-
-/** Render one entry: a title link plus an optional one-line note. */
-function renderEntry(entry) {
-  const note = entry.note
-    ? `<p class="reading-note">${escapeHtml(entry.note)}</p>`
-    : "";
-  // Every reading link points at an external http(s) URL (isValidUrl), so it
-  // carries rel="noopener noreferrer" as a hardening best practice.
-  return (
-    `<li class="reading-entry">` +
-    `<a class="reading-link" href="${escapeHtml(entry.url)}" rel="noopener noreferrer">${escapeHtml(entry.title)}</a>` +
-    note +
-    `</li>`
-  );
-}
-
-/**
- * Render the full reading list as an HTML string, grouped by category.
- *
- * @param {Array<{title: string, url: string, note?: string, category?: string}>} entries
- * @returns {string} HTML string ready to be injected into `#reading-list`
- */
-export function renderReadingList(entries) {
-  const groups = groupByCategory(entries);
-  if (groups.size === 0) {
-    return '<p class="reading-empty">The reading list is empty.</p>';
-  }
-
-  const usedIds = new Set();
-  const sections = [];
-  for (const [category, items] of groups) {
-    let id = slugify(category) || "category";
-    while (usedIds.has(id)) id = `${id}-${usedIds.size + 1}`;
-    usedIds.add(id);
-
-    sections.push(
-      `<section class="reading-category" aria-labelledby="${id}">` +
-        `<h2 id="${id}">${escapeHtml(category)}</h2>` +
-        `<ul class="reading-list">${items.map(renderEntry).join("")}</ul>` +
-        `</section>`
-    );
-  }
-  return sections.join("");
-}
-
-// Browser-only wiring — render the data file into the page. Guarded so this
-// module stays importable (and testable) in Node.
-if (typeof window !== "undefined" && typeof document !== "undefined") {
-  const container = document.getElementById("reading-list");
-  if (container) {
-    container.innerHTML = renderReadingList(READING_LIST);
-  }
-}