fix: remove redundant files

Author: UsamaSadiq

_includes/custom-scripts.html

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 <!-- Newsletter Subscription -->
 <script src="{{ '/assets/js/newsletter.js' | relative_url }}" defer></script>
 
+<!-- Sidebar Categories -->
+<script src="{{ '/assets/js/sidebar-categories.js' | relative_url }}" defer></script>
+
 <!-- Contact Form -->
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ '/assets/css/contact.css' | relative_url }}">
 <script src="{{ '/assets/js/contact.js' | relative_url }}" defer></script>
@@ -23,6 +26,18 @@
     debug: {{ site.debug_mode | default: "true" | jsonify }}
 };
 
+// Categories data for sidebar
+window.SITE_CATEGORIES = [
+    {% assign categories = site.categories | sort %}
+    {% for category in categories %}
+    {
+        name: {{ category[0] | capitalize | jsonify }},
+        slug: {{ category[0] | downcase | replace: ' ', '-' | jsonify }},
+        count: {{ category[1] | size }}
+    }{% unless forloop.last %},{% endunless %}
+    {% endfor %}
+];
+
 // Add Formspree endpoint meta tag dynamically
 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
     if (window.NEWSLETTER_CONFIG.formspreeEndpoint && 

_includes/sidebar-categories.html

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<div class="sidebar-categories">
+  <h6 class="sidebar-heading">
+    <i class="fas fa-folder-open me-2"></i>Categories
+  </h6>
+  <div class="categories-list">
+    {% assign categories = site.categories | sort %}
+    {% for category in categories limit: 8 %}
+      {% assign posts_count = category[1] | size %}
+      <a href="{{ '/categories/' | append: category[0] | downcase | replace: ' ', '-' | relative_url }}" 
+         class="category-item">
+        <span class="category-name">{{ category[0] | capitalize }}</span>
+        <span class="post-count">{{ posts_count }}</span>
+      </a>
+    {% endfor %}
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<style>
+#sidebar .sidebar-categories {
+  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
+  padding: 1rem;
+  background: var(--sidebar-bg);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+}
+
+#sidebar .sidebar-categories .sidebar-heading {
+  color: var(--heading-color);
+  font-weight: 600;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
+}
+
+#sidebar .sidebar-categories .categories-list {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+}
+
+#sidebar .sidebar-categories .category-item {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: 0.5rem;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  color: var(--text-color);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  transition: all 0.2s ease;
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+}
+
+#sidebar .sidebar-categories .category-item:hover {
+  background: var(--btn-box-shadow);
+  color: var(--link-color);
+  text-decoration: none;
+  transform: translateX(2px);
+}
+
+#sidebar .sidebar-categories .category-name {
+  flex: 1;
+}
+
+#sidebar .sidebar-categories .post-count {
+  background: var(--label-color);
+  color: var(--sidebar-bg);
+  padding: 0.2rem 0.5rem;
+  border-radius: 12px;
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  min-width: 20px;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+/* Dark mode adjustments */
+[data-mode="dark"] #sidebar .sidebar-categories {
+  background: var(--sidebar-bg);
+  border-color: var(--main-border-color);
+}
+
+[data-mode="dark"] #sidebar .sidebar-categories .category-item:hover {
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
+}
+
+[data-mode="dark"] #sidebar .sidebar-categories .post-count {
+  background: var(--btn-border-color);
+  color: var(--text-color);
+}
+
+/* Responsive adjustments */
+@media (max-width: 768px) {
+  #sidebar .sidebar-categories {
+    padding: 0.75rem;
+  }
+  
+  #sidebar .sidebar-categories .category-item {
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
+  }
+}
+</style>

_tabs/about.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # the default layout is 'page'
 icon: fas fa-info-circle
-order: 4
+order: 1
 ---
 
 Hi, I'm **Usama Sadiq**, a Principal Software Engineer, Open edX Core Contributor, and hands-on Python/Django + DevOps specialist with over 6 years of experience in building and scaling modern web infrastructure.