vzxipsule: Replace the featured rail with an auto-rotating FeaturedCarousel

src/dev/fixtures.ts

@@ -127,12 +127,19 @@ export const FIXTURE_FEED_ITEMS: unknown[] = [
   },
 ];
 
-const expert = (id: string, displayName: string, byline: string, rating: number, reviewsCount: number): DiscoverExpert => ({
+const expert = (
+  id: string,
+  displayName: string,
+  byline: string,
+  rating: number,
+  reviewsCount: number,
+  pictureUrl: string | null = null,
+): DiscoverExpert => ({
   id,
   slug: displayName.replace(/\s+/g, ""),
   displayName,
   byline,
-  pictureUrl: null,
+  pictureUrl,
   rating,
   reviewsCount,
   available: true,
@@ -145,6 +152,11 @@ export const FIXTURE_FEATURED: DiscoverExpert[] = [
   expert("e3", "Elena Kovac", "Product leadership", 4.7, 58),
   expert("e4", "Samuel Okafor", "Seed-stage fundraising", 5.0, 140),
   expert("e5", "Hannah Lindqvist", "Customer research", 4.6, 33),
+  // Photo placeholders exercise the image path of the featured carousel; the
+  // rest show initials.
+  expert("e9", "Leila Haddad", "Marketplace operations", 4.9, 181, placeholderImage(10)),
+  expert("e10", "Tomas Ferreira", "Hiring and team design", 4.7, 64, placeholderImage(190)),
+  expert("e11", "Grace Whitfield", "Brand and storytelling", 4.8, 102, placeholderImage(300)),
 ];
 
 const minnect = (id: string, who: DiscoverExpert, question: string, views: number, hue: number): DiscoverMinnect => ({