merge: production into main

Resolves conflict in components/hackathons/winners/WinnersTab.tsx by
keeping main's new-tab Link (target='_blank'), introduced by PR #568,
over production's older single-tab Link.

Author: Benjtalkshow

components/landing-page/blog/BlogCard.tsx

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const BlogCard = ({ post, onCardClick }: BlogCardProps) => {
             src={post.coverImage}
             alt={post.title}
             fill
-            className='object-cover transition-transform duration-500 group-hover:scale-105'
+            className='object-contain transition-transform duration-500 group-hover:scale-105'
             sizes='(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 33vw'
           />
           {/* Gradient Overlay */}

components/landing-page/blog/BlogPostDetails.tsx

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ const BlogPostDetails: React.FC<BlogPostDetailsProps> = ({
                   src={post.coverImage}
                   alt={post.title}
                   fill
-                  className='rounded-lg object-cover'
+                  className='rounded-lg object-contain'
                   priority
                   sizes='(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 80vw, 70vw'
                 />