feat: add reusable gallery carousel and ranking feed infrastructure

scripts/check_stats.php

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+<?php
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+$app = require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap/app.php';
+$app->make(Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class)->bootstrap();
+
+$id = 69478;
+
+$artwork = DB::table('artworks')->where('id', $id)->first();
+echo "Artwork: " . ($artwork ? $artwork->title : 'NOT FOUND') . PHP_EOL;
+
+$stats = DB::table('artwork_stats')->where('artwork_id', $id)->first();
+echo "artwork_stats row: " . json_encode($stats) . PHP_EOL;
+
+$viewEvents = DB::table('artwork_view_events')->where('artwork_id', $id)->count();
+echo "artwork_view_events count: " . $viewEvents . PHP_EOL;
+
+// Check a few artworks that DO have stats
+$sample = DB::table('artwork_stats')->whereColumn('views', '>', 'id')->limit(3)->pluck('artwork_id');
+echo "Sample artworks with views > 0: " . json_encode($sample) . PHP_EOL;
+
+// Count how many artworks_stats rows exist at all
+$total = DB::table('artwork_stats')->count();
+echo "Total artwork_stats rows: " . $total . PHP_EOL;