feat(website): add contributors section to landing page and fix star link

[tomalaforge]

Changes

• Added a /api/contributors endpoint that fetches repository contributors from GitHub (excluding bots), cached for 1 hour
• Added a contributors avatar strip section on the landing page, displayed below the sponsors section
• Fixed the star icon in the site header to link to the /stargazers page instead of the generic repo page
• Renamed internal Sponsor interface to GithubUser to share the type with contributors

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added a Contributors section to the landing page with GitHub profile links and avatar images.
  • Contributor information is refreshed periodically and excludes unsupported account types.
  • Updated the repository Star link to open its GitHub stargazers page.

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📒 Files selected for processing (4)

• website/src/app/layout/site-header.html
• website/src/app/pages/landing/landing.html
• website/src/app/pages/landing/landing.ts
• website/src/server/github-api.ts

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The website adds a GitHub contributors endpoint and displays contributor avatars on the landing page. It renames the shared GitHub user type and updates the repository Star link to open the stargazers page.

Changes

Contributor display

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Contributor API route website/src/server/github-api.ts	Adds GET /contributors. The route fetches GitHub contributors, filters accounts, maps response fields, handles failures, and sets cache headers.
Landing page contributor rendering website/src/app/pages/landing/landing.ts, website/src/app/pages/landing/landing.html	Adds the GithubUser type, loads contributors from /api/contributors, and renders linked contributor avatars when contributors are available.
Repository Star link website/src/app/layout/site-header.html	Changes the GitHub Star link to the repository /stargazers page.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Browser
  participant Landing
  participant ContributorsRoute as /api/contributors
  participant GitHubAPI as github

  Browser->>Landing: Load landing page
  Landing->>ContributorsRoute: Fetch contributors
  ContributorsRoute->>GitHubAPI: Request repository contributors
  GitHubAPI-->>ContributorsRoute: Return contributor data
  ContributorsRoute-->>Landing: Return mapped contributors
  Landing-->>Browser: Render contributor avatars and profile links

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