.case-studies {
  padding: 80px 48px;
  max-width: 1100px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  position: relative;
}

.case-studies-header {
  margin-bottom: 48px;
}

.case-studies-title {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: 42px;
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.1;
  letter-spacing: -0.5px;
  color: var(--text);
  margin-top: 12px;
}

.case-studies-title .word-layer {
  display: inline-block;
  color: var(--gold);
  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--gold-dim);
}

.case-studies-subtitle {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 300;
  color: var(--text-dim);
  margin-top: 12px;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

/* ── Case study card ── */

.case-card {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 60px;
  background: rgba(6, 6, 8, 0.9);
  border: 1px solid rgba(212, 168, 50, 0.15);
  padding: 48px;
}

.case-card:hover {
  border-color: rgba(212, 168, 50, 0.25);
}

/* ── Left: meta + headline ── */

.case-meta {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.case-badge {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 6px;
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 1.5px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--gold);
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.case-badge-dot {
  width: 6px;
  height: 6px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--gold);
  animation: statusPulse 2s ease-in-out infinite;
}

@keyframes statusPulse {
  0%, 100% { opacity: 1; }
  50% { opacity: 0.3; }
}

.case-headline {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: 28px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--text);
  line-height: 1.2;
  margin-bottom: 16px;
}

.case-client {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 12px;
  color: var(--text-dim);
  margin-bottom: 24px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

.case-intro {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 300;
  color: var(--text-dim);
  line-height: 1.8;
  margin-bottom: 24px;
}

.case-stack {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 8px;
  margin-top: auto;
}

.case-stack-tag {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
  color: var(--text-faint);
  border: 1px solid var(--surface-border);
  padding: 4px 10px;
}

.case-stack-tag--gold {
  color: var(--gold);
  border-color: rgba(212, 168, 50, 0.3);
}

/* ── Right: what we built ── */

.case-details {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 24px;
}

.case-section-title {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--text);
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}

.case-bullets {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 8px;
}

.case-bullets li {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 300;
  color: var(--text-dim);
  line-height: 1.6;
  padding-left: 18px;
  position: relative;
}

.case-bullets li::before {
  content: '→';
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  color: var(--gold);
}

/* ── Pipeline diagram ── */

.case-pipeline {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 4px;
  margin-top: 24px;
  padding: 20px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--surface-border);
}

.pipeline-step {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 6px;
  flex: 1;
}

.pipeline-icon {
  width: 32px;
  height: 32px;
}

.pipeline-icon svg {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

.pipeline-label {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
  color: var(--text-dim);
}

.pipeline-arrow {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 14px;
  color: var(--gold-dim);
  flex-shrink: 0;
  margin-bottom: 16px;
}

/* ── Scaling stat ── */

.case-stat {
  padding: 20px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--surface-border);
  text-align: center;
}

.case-stat-numbers {
  display: flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 16px;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}

.case-stat-from {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: 36px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--text-dim);
}

.case-stat-arrow {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 20px;
  color: var(--gold);
}

.case-stat-to {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: 36px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--gold);
}

.case-stat-caption {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 300;
  color: var(--text-faint);
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
  margin: 0;
}

.case-how {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 300;
  color: var(--text-dim);
  line-height: 1.7;
}

/* ── Responsive ── */

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .case-studies { padding: 60px 24px; }
  .case-studies-title { font-size: 32px; }
  .case-card {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 32px;
    padding: 32px 24px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 600px) {
  .case-studies { padding: 48px 16px; }
  .case-studies-title { font-size: 26px; }
  .case-card { padding: 24px 20px; }
  .case-headline { font-size: 22px; }
  .pipeline-label { font-size: 8px; }
  .pipeline-icon { width: 24px; height: 24px; }
  .pipeline-arrow { font-size: 11px; }
  .case-stat-from, .case-stat-to { font-size: 28px; }
}