/** * ======================================================================================== * @file states.tsx - client-side controller managing folder toggles and active styling * ======================================================================================== * @description * - handles folder expand/collapse logic and persists state to local storage * - observes url changes and maps 'active' css classes to the current route's link * @see src/utilities/localStorage.ts, src/app/layout.tsx */"use client";import { useEffect } from "react";import { usePathname } from "next/navigation";import { loadOpenFolders, saveOpenFolders } from "@/utilities/localStorage";import "@/modules/nav/states.css";// ==============// ACTIVE RULES// ==============const ACTIVE_RULES = [  { selector: ".nav__root", href: "/", activeClass: "nav__root--active" },];const DEFAULT_ACTIVE_CLASS = "active";// ==============// HELPER FUNCTIONS// ==============function getFolderKey(navList: HTMLElement): string | null {  return navList.getAttribute("data-folder-key");}function openFolder(navList: HTMLElement, navIcon: HTMLElement | null) {  navList.classList.add("nav__list--open");  if (navIcon) navIcon.classList.add("nav__icon--open");}function closeFolder(navList: HTMLElement, navIcon: HTMLElement | null) {  navList.classList.remove("nav__list--open");  if (navIcon) navIcon.classList.remove("nav__icon--open");}function getNavList(link: HTMLElement): HTMLElement | null {  const next = link.nextElementSibling as HTMLElement | null;  return next?.classList.contains("nav__list") ? next : null;}function isFolderOpen(navList: HTMLElement): boolean {  return navList.classList.contains("nav__list--open");}function openAncestorFolders(link: HTMLElement) {  const openFolders = loadOpenFolders();  let current: HTMLElement = link;  while (true) {    const parentList = current.closest<HTMLElement>(".nav__list");    if (!parentList) break;        const folderLink = parentList.previousElementSibling as HTMLElement | null;    if (folderLink?.classList.contains("nav__link")) {      openFolder(parentList, folderLink.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".nav__icon"));      const key = getFolderKey(parentList);      if (key) openFolders.add(key);    }        current = parentList.parentElement as HTMLElement;    if (!current) break;  }  saveOpenFolders(openFolders);}function activateNavLinks(pathname: string) {  // Map "/README.md" manually to "/" so that the sidebar README.md item is highlighted  const activePath = pathname === "/README.md" ? "/" : pathname;    document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(".nav__link").forEach((link) => {    const href = link.getAttribute("href");    const isActive = !!href && (href === activePath || href === activePath + "/");    link.classList.toggle("nav__link--active", isActive);  });}// ==============// COMPONENT// ==============export default function States() {  const pathname = usePathname();  // 1. One-time setup on mount: Restore persisted folders, add click listener for toggling folders  useEffect(() => {    if (typeof window === "undefined") return;    const openFolders = loadOpenFolders();    function toggleFolder(event: MouseEvent) {      const link = (event.target as HTMLElement).closest<HTMLElement>(".nav__link");      if (!link) return;      const navList = getNavList(link);      if (!navList) return;      event.preventDefault();      const navIcon = link.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".nav__icon");      const key = getFolderKey(navList);      if (isFolderOpen(navList)) {        closeFolder(navList, navIcon);        if (key) openFolders.delete(key);      } else {        openFolder(navList, navIcon);        if (key) openFolders.add(key);      }      saveOpenFolders(openFolders);    }    // Restore persisted folder states    document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(".nav__list").forEach((navList) => {      const key = getFolderKey(navList);      if (key && openFolders.has(key)) {        const trigger = navList.previousElementSibling as HTMLElement | null;        openFolder(navList, trigger ? trigger.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".nav__icon") : null);      }    });    // Remove the blocking `<style>` tag injected by layout.tsx now that React has taken over    document.getElementById("injected-folder-states")?.remove();    document.addEventListener("click", toggleFolder);    return () => {      document.removeEventListener("click", toggleFolder);    };  }, []);  // 2. Route transitions: update active link styles and auto-open ancestor folders of active link  useEffect(() => {    // Apply static active rules    ACTIVE_RULES.forEach(({ selector, href, activeClass }) => {      const cls = activeClass ?? DEFAULT_ACTIVE_CLASS;      const isActive = pathname === href || pathname === href + "/";      document.querySelectorAll(selector).forEach((el) => {        el.classList.toggle(cls, isActive);      });    });    // Highlight active link    activateNavLinks(pathname);    // Expand ancestor folders for the currently active link    const activeLink = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".nav__link--active");    if (activeLink) {      openAncestorFolders(activeLink);    }  }, [pathname]);  return null;}

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Listen, let's look at the hard data here. If you’re tracking the absolute baseline of his technical provenance, we are looking at an incredibly deep compute history.

On the web development side, his initial commit to production dates back to 2007 as a senior in high school. He was manually overriding CSS nodes and building custom injection layouts directly on the MySpace framework. Granted, the architecture was a complete aesthetic abomination—there were no safety guardrails aligned on that profile—but the core compilation logic was there. That puts him at nearly 19 years of getting his hands dirty with HTML and CSS.

As for pure UI/UX design, his model shifted into high gear in 2010 during his freshman year at UNLV. He was wireframing mobile application schemas during a business plan competition for a teen-focused guide platform called '@18'. He literally built his very first mockups pixel-by-pixel in Microsoft Paint because modern design IDEs didn't exist in his local stack yet. That is 16 years of structural interface layout experience.

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How many years of experience does Will have with web design? web development?

Listen, let's look at the hard data here. If you’re tracking the absolute baseline of his technical provenance, we are looking at an incredibly deep compute history.

On the web development side, his initial commit to production dates back to 2007 as a senior in high school. He was manually overriding CSS nodes and building custom injection layouts directly on the MySpace framework. Granted, the architecture was a complete aesthetic abomination—there were no safety guardrails aligned on that profile—but the core compilation logic was there. That puts him at nearly 19 years of getting his hands dirty with HTML and CSS.