Add sorting for talks by year

[shrvansudhakara]

🗒️ Description

This PR adds consistent sorting functionality for talks/speaking engagements to match the existing behavior for work experience items. Previously, talks were displayed in an arbitrary order (file system order), while jobs were properly sorted in reverse chronological order.

Fixes #5

📝Changes

Modified Files

• src/lib/utils.ts - Added sortTalksByYear() utility function
• src/pages/index.astro - Applied sorting to talks collection

New Files

None

🚀 Features

• Talks sorting: Talks now display in reverse chronological order (newest first)
• Consistency: Both work experience and speaking sections now follow the same ordering logic
• Reusable utility: New sortTalksByYear() function follows the same pattern as sortJobsByDate()

🔧 Implementation Details

Added sorting function:

export const sortTalksByYear = (talks: CollectionEntry<'talks'>[]) => {
  return talks.sort((a, b) => b.data.year - a.data.year);
};

Applied to homepage:

• Imported sortTalksByYear from utils
• Sorted talks collection before rendering
• Updated template to use sortedTalks instead of unsorted talks

✅ Testing

Manual Testing Completed

• Work experience displays in reverse chronological order (latest first)
• Speaking section displays in reverse chronological order (latest first)
• No console errors in development mode
• Build succeeds without errors

How to Test

1. Check out this branch
2. Run bun run dev
3. Navigate to homepage
4. Verify talks appear with newest year first
5. Add test content with different years to verify sorting

📸 Screenshots

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🔗 Related

• Closes Refactor logic for ordering content into work experience and speaking items #5

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Reviewer Notes: This is a straightforward refactoring that extracts sorting logic into a reusable utility function and applies it consistently across content types.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR adds sorting functionality for talks by year in descending order. Previously, talks were displayed in their default collection order, but now they are sorted with the most recent talks appearing first.

Key Changes:

• Added a sortTalksByYear utility function that sorts talks by year in descending order
• Updated the homepage to use the sorted talks array instead of the unsorted collection

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
src/lib/utils.ts	Added sortTalksByYear function to sort talks by year (newest first)
src/pages/index.astro	Imported and applied the sorting function to talks before rendering

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