Add beginner onboarding README and teaching comments#1

mariaob1201

What

Makes this repo a proper "initiate people to programming with OpenLambda" example, as the canonical thing to point newcomers to (it's already referenced by the getting-started guide as the ol admin install <git-url> demo).

Changes

README.md (new): a beginner walkthrough — what a lambda is, the f(event) contract, prerequisites, install-from-git, invoke with curl, and a "now change it" exercise (greet by name from event), plus pointers to the examples/ dir and worker docs.
f.py: unchanged behavior (return 'hello'), now with comments explaining the three-line contract for first-time readers.

Verification

f.py still installs and returns "hello":

./ol admin install https://github.com/open-lambda/hello-lambda-example.git
curl -X POST localhost:5000/run/hello-lambda-example -d ''   # -> "hello"

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mariaob1201

@tylerharter would you be able to review/merge this when you get a chance? 🙏

It builds on your existing hello world lambda here, turning the repo into a beginner-friendly onboarding example — the thing the getting-started guide already points newcomers to via ol admin install <git-url>. f.py still returns 'hello'; the PR just adds a walkthrough README and explanatory comments.

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Add beginner onboarding README and teaching comments#1