refactor(about): fold Skills into About, cut unprovable Stack entries, vary the repeated copy

[Aswinmcw]

Summary

Option A from the UI/UX review — items 5, 6 and 7.

• Skills section removed; its proof lines move into About. The page covered the same four themes three sections in a row (About focus areas → Skills cards → Stack). About's four focus cards now each carry the two evidence lines the Skills cards had (ttperf on PyPI, the TTNN tracker, the self-hosted services, Lighthouse scores), plus a small "see the Stack" pointer that replaces the old Skills sub-copy. The two About columns are now vertically centred against each other, since the card column grew. Page goes 8 → 7 sections; nav drops "Skills"; sections renumber 01–05.
• Section rhythm re-laid. Removing Skills would have put Experience (ink, cyan) directly against Projects (ink, cyan). Projects is now canvas + brand accent, Stack ink, Contact canvas, Footer ink, so no two neighbours share a surface or a hue. Project cards' per-kind accents are unaffected.
• Stack: cut Azure, VPN, Windows, Network Administration. Their descriptions were definitions ("Cloud computing services and solutions", "Virtual Private Network setup and management") with nothing on the site behind them, which contradicted the closing card's "all of these have shipped something" claim. Operating Systems (3 left) and Networking (2 left) merge into "Systems & Networking"; the grid becomes three columns of five at lg, one column below. The derived count in the closing card now reads 15.
• Repeated copy. "AI accelerators go faster / software that runs on AI silicon" appeared in the hero, About p1, the About "Currently" line, the MulticoreWare card and the footer. Hero keeps it; About p1 now names the TT-Metal work and describes a day; the card lead and footer tagline say something different.

No new factual claims were added — every proof line points at a project or fact already on the page.

Test plan

• npm run lint, format:check, test:coverage (367 passed, thresholds met), build, size (within budget).
• npm run test:e2e — 37 passed; sectionReveal.spec.js section list updated.
• Screenshots at 1280px and 390px of About and Stack; checked the About column balance and that the three-column Stack keeps each item's name/description readable.

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🟢 Approval recommended

Changes are cohesive and the only issues found are minor documentation count mismatches that don’t affect runtime behavior.

Pull request overview

Refactors the About page flow by folding the former Skills “proof” content into About focus cards, removing the standalone Skills section, and tightening the Stack list to only include items that can be evidenced elsewhere on the site. It also reworks section numbering and surface/accent rhythm to keep adjacent sections visually distinct, and reduces repeated “AI accelerators” copy across the page.

Changes:

• Remove SkillsSection and migrate its “proof lines” into AboutSection focus cards, including a pointer link to the Stack.
• Trim/merge Stack categories (cut Azure/VPN/Windows/Network Admin; merge OS + Networking) and adjust layout/counting accordingly.
• Renumber sections and update navigation/scroll tracking/tests to match the new section order and surfaces.

File summaries

File	Description
src/index.css	Updates inline docs to refer to AboutSection (not SkillsSection) for Tailwind literal-class constraints.
src/hooks/usePageTransitions.js	Removes skills from the scroll-tracked section list.
src/data/sectionAccents.js	Updates docs referencing AboutSection for literal class constraints.
src/data/projects.jsx	Updates docs referencing AboutSection for literal class constraints.
src/data/experienceData.js	Refreshes MulticoreWare description copy to be more specific (TT-Metal).
src/components/sections/TechnologiesSection.jsx	Cuts unprovable items, merges categories, adjusts grid behavior, and updates section numbering/surface.
src/components/sections/SkillsSection.jsx	Deletes the Skills section implementation.
src/components/sections/ProjectsSection.jsx	Adjusts section surface/accent and renumbers to reflect removed Skills section.
src/components/sections/index.js	Removes the SkillsSection export.
src/components/sections/Footer.jsx	Switches footer surface to bg-ink and updates tagline copy.
src/components/sections/ContactSection.jsx	Updates section surface and renumbers.
src/components/sections/AboutSection.jsx	Absorbs Skills “proof” lines into focus cards, updates copy, and adds Stack pointer.
src/components/SectionHeader.jsx	Minor doc tweak related to section sizing language.
src/components/Navigation.jsx	Removes the Skills nav item.
src/components/icons/TechIcons.jsx	Updates doc comment after removing Azure/Windows and other non-logo items.
src/components/background/TumblingCube.jsx	Updates Tailwind literal-class docs to reference AboutSection focus cards.
src/components/tests/App.test.jsx	Updates nav expectations to reflect Skills removal.
src/App.jsx	Removes SkillsSection from the home page composition.
e2e/sectionReveal.spec.js	Updates section list/count for reveal assertions after Skills removal.

Review details

• Files reviewed: 19/19 changed files
• Comments generated: 2
• Review effort level: Lite

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