MEAP review feedback - Ch1 and 2

[bahree]

What does this PR do

Related issue

Which chapter or area does this touch

How to test

# example
cd code
pytest chapter05/tests -q

Checklist

• Tests added or updated for the change (if it's a bug fix or behavior change)
• pytest -q passes from code/
• ruff check . passes from code/
• README or chapter README updated if user-facing instructions changed
• No secrets, API keys, or personal data in the diff
• No large binary artifacts (model checkpoints, training runs) in the diff
• The change does not alter file paths the book references in listings

Additional context

[bahree]

@copilot resolve the merge conflicts in this pull request

[Copilot]

@copilot resolve the merge conflicts in this pull request

Resolved. The branch has been synced and conflicts are fixed (merge commit a57c2da), with follow-up consistency updates in 2f50645.