February 2025 — technomancy/lobsters: focused on stabilizing UI rendering for nested comments and ensuring HTML validity in the view layer. The major deliverable was a bug fix to the top-level comments rendering to prevent UI glitches and ensure standards-compliant markup. Key fix: Nested Comments Rendering — closed missing closing </li> tags for top-level list items in the _threads.html.erb partial. This prevents HTML5 tag inference glitches and improves cross-browser rendering consistency. Impact: enhances user experience when browsing discussions, reduces layout glitches, and lowers support tickets related to comment threads. Maintains maintainability of the Lobsters view layer. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Ruby on Rails (ERB templates), HTML5 semantics and validity, targeted debugging, and changelist traceability through commit history.