Adding and expanding alt text for figures in episodes in section 5

[matt-graham]

Resolves #501

In some cases figures here already have alt-text attributes set but they are fairly minimal and not sufficient to convey same information as included in image so I have tried to expand these to be more descriptive.

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 50-section5-intro.md               |  5 ++++-
 51-managing-software.md            | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 53-improvement-through-feedback.md |  8 ++++----
 md5sum.txt                         |  6 +++---
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⏱️ Updated at 2026-02-19 17:30:54 +0000

[anenadic]

Also see #513 - where alt text was included in mermaid diagrams @matt-graham.

[bielsnohr]

Overall, this looks good to me. Just a few minor changes to make before merging.

[bielsnohr]

As Aleks mentioned, this will get caught up in the Mermaid diagram changes, but since that will likely take some time to resolve, I would support getting this merged in to improve accessibility immediately, and then we deal with any conflicting changes in the Mermaid diagram PR #507