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fix: resolve GitHub README 403 errors on project pages#238

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Summary

  • Added User-Agent header to all GitHub API fetch calls in the readme loader -- Cloudflare Workers' fetch doesn't set one by default, and GitHub API returns 403 without it
  • Switched project [slug].astro page from prerendered to server-rendered (prerender = false) so getLiveEntry() fetches READMEs at request time instead of failing at build time
  • Replaced getStaticPaths with dynamic getEntry lookup for the now-SSR project page

Test plan

  • Verify /projects/pex/ renders the GitHub README content
  • Verify other project readme pages (/projects/ccpm/, /projects/jexl/, /projects/webview/) also render
  • Verify non-readme project pages (/projects/side-project-saturday/, /projects/devtools-fm/) still work
  • Verify other prerendered pages (blog, research, talks) are unaffected

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Two issues prevented README content from rendering on project pages:

1. Missing User-Agent header on GitHub API requests. Cloudflare Workers'
   fetch doesn't set a User-Agent by default, and GitHub API requires one,
   returning 403 without it.

2. Project pages were prerendered at build time, but use getLiveEntry()
   which is designed for runtime fetching. Switched to server-side
   rendering (prerender = false) so READMEs are fetched fresh per request.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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