/* Blog listing pages: the blog index and the /blog/category/ archives.
   Loaded asynchronously by those pages only, so the 664 post pages do not
   pay for card and filter styles they never use. */

.blog-hero {
            text-align: center;
            padding: 10rem 2rem 3rem;
            position: relative;
            z-index: 1;
        }
        .blog-hero h1 {
            font-size: 3.5rem;
            font-weight: 800;
            margin-bottom: 1rem;
            background: var(--gradient-primary);
            -webkit-background-clip: text;
            -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
            background-clip: text;
        }
        .blog-hero p {
            font-size: 1.2rem;
            color: var(--text-secondary);
            max-width: 650px;
            margin: 0 auto;
            line-height: 1.7;
        }
        .filter-bar {
            display: flex;
            justify-content: center;
            flex-wrap: wrap;
            gap: 0.75rem;
            max-width: 900px;
            margin: 2.5rem auto 0;
            padding: 0 1rem;
        }
        .filter-btn {
            background: var(--bg-card);
            border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle);
            color: var(--text-secondary);
            padding: 0.5rem 1.25rem;
            border-radius: 100px;
            font-family: 'Outfit', sans-serif;
            font-size: 0.9rem;
            font-weight: 500;
            cursor: pointer;
            transition: all 0.3s ease;
        }
        .filter-btn:hover,
        .filter-btn.active {
            background: var(--accent-gold-dim);
            border-color: var(--accent-gold);
            color: var(--accent-gold);
        }
        .blog-section {
            max-width: 1200px;
            margin: 0 auto;
            padding: 3rem 2rem 5rem;
            position: relative;
            z-index: 1;
        }
        .blog-grid {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
            gap: 2rem;
        }
        .blog-card {
            background: var(--bg-card);
            border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle);
            border-radius: 16px;
            overflow: hidden;
            transition: border-color 0.3s ease, transform 0.3s ease;
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
        }
        .blog-card:hover {
            border-color: var(--accent-gold);
            transform: translateY(-4px);
        }
        .blog-card-image {
            width: 100%;
            height: 200px;
            background: var(--bg-tertiary);
            position: relative;
            overflow: hidden;
        }
        .blog-card-image-gradient {
            position: absolute;
            inset: 0;
            background: linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(245, 166, 35, 0.15) 0%, rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.1) 100%);
        }
        .blog-card-image-icon {
            position: absolute;
            top: 50%;
            left: 50%;
            transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
            opacity: 0.15;
        }
        .blog-card-image-icon svg {
            width: 64px;
            height: 64px;
            stroke: var(--text-primary);
            fill: none;
            stroke-width: 1.5;
        }
        .blog-card-body {
            padding: 1.5rem;
            flex: 1;
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
        }
        .blog-card-meta {
            display: flex;
            align-items: center;
            gap: 0.75rem;
            margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
        }
        .blog-card-date {
            font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
            font-size: 0.8rem;
            color: var(--text-muted);
        }
        .blog-card-category {
            font-size: 0.75rem;
            font-weight: 600;
            color: var(--accent-gold);
            background: var(--accent-gold-dim);
            padding: 0.2rem 0.6rem;
            border-radius: 100px;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            letter-spacing: 0.5px;
        }
        .blog-card-title {
            font-size: 1.15rem;
            font-weight: 700;
            line-height: 1.4;
            margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
            color: var(--text-primary);
        }
        .blog-card-title a {
            color: inherit;
            text-decoration: none;
            transition: color 0.3s ease;
        }
        .blog-card-title a:hover {
            color: var(--accent-gold);
        }
        .blog-card-excerpt {
            color: var(--text-secondary);
            font-size: 0.9rem;
            line-height: 1.7;
            margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
            flex: 1;
        }
        .blog-card-link {
            display: inline-flex;
            align-items: center;
            gap: 0.5rem;
            color: var(--accent-gold);
            font-weight: 600;
            font-size: 0.9rem;
            text-decoration: none;
            transition: gap 0.3s ease;
        }
        .blog-card-link:hover {
            gap: 0.75rem;
        }
        .blog-card-link svg {
            width: 16px;
            height: 16px;
            stroke: currentColor;
            fill: none;
            stroke-width: 2;
        }
        .featured-post {
            grid-column: 1 / -1;
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
            gap: 0;
        }
        .featured-post .blog-card-image {
            height: 100%;
            min-height: 300px;
            border-radius: 16px 0 0 16px;
        }
        .featured-post .blog-card-body {
            padding: 2.5rem;
            justify-content: center;
        }
        .featured-post .blog-card-title {
            font-size: 1.5rem;
        }
        .featured-label {
            font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
            font-size: 0.75rem;
            color: var(--accent-gold);
            text-transform: uppercase;
            letter-spacing: 1px;
            margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
        }
        .cta-section {
            text-align: center;
            padding: 3rem 2rem 5rem;
            position: relative;
            z-index: 1;
        }
        .cta-section h2 {
            font-size: 2rem;
            font-weight: 700;
            margin-bottom: 1rem;
        }
        .cta-section p {
            color: var(--text-secondary);
            margin-bottom: 2rem;
            font-size: 1.1rem;
        }
        @media (max-width: 1024px) {
            .blog-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
            .featured-post { grid-column: 1 / -1; grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
            .featured-post .blog-card-image { border-radius: 16px 16px 0 0; min-height: 220px; }
        }
        @media (max-width: 768px) {
            .blog-hero h1 { font-size: 2.2rem; }
            .blog-hero p { font-size: 1.05rem; }
            .blog-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
            .filter-btn { font-size: 0.8rem; padding: 0.4rem 1rem; }
        }
        @media (max-width: 480px) {
            .blog-hero { padding: 8rem 1rem 2rem; }
            .blog-hero h1 { font-size: 1.8rem; }
            .blog-section { padding: 2rem 1rem 4rem; }
            .featured-post .blog-card-body { padding: 1.5rem; }
            .featured-post .blog-card-title { font-size: 1.25rem; }
        }

/* Mobile/tablet performance (<=1024px): the universal kill in critical.css
   already covers this; these are the explicit per-selector disables that the
   other category stylesheets carry for defense-in-depth. */
@media (max-width: 1024px) {
    .blog-card, .blog-card:hover, .filter-btn, .filter-btn:hover,
    .category-card, .category-card:hover {
        animation: none !important;
        transition: none !important;
        transform: none !important;
        box-shadow: none !important;
        backdrop-filter: none !important;
        will-change: auto !important;
    }
}


/* Category archive hubs (/blog/category/<slug>/). */
.cat-chips { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0.6rem; justify-content: center; max-width: 1000px; margin: 0 auto 2.5rem; padding: 0 1rem; }
.cat-chip { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.45rem; padding: 0.5rem 0.9rem; min-height: 44px; box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); border-radius: 100px; background: var(--bg-card); color: var(--text-secondary); text-decoration: none; font-size: 0.85rem; font-weight: 500; }
.cat-chip span { font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace; font-size: 0.72rem; color: var(--text-muted); }
.cat-chip:hover { border-color: var(--accent-gold); color: var(--text-primary); }
.cat-chip-active { border-color: var(--accent-gold); background: var(--accent-gold-dim); color: var(--accent-gold); }
.cat-chip-active span { color: var(--accent-gold); }
.cat-back { text-align: center; padding: 2.5rem 1rem 1rem; }
.cat-back a { color: var(--accent-gold); text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600; }
.cat-back a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
.blog-card-title a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
.blog-card-title a:hover { color: var(--accent-gold); }

@media (max-width: 768px) {
    .cat-chips { gap: 0.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.75rem; }
    .cat-chip { font-size: 0.8rem; padding: 0.45rem 0.75rem; }
}

/* Breadcrumb on the category hubs. The post breadcrumb lives in blog.css,
   which the listing pages do not load, so it is repeated here scoped to them. */
.blog-hero .post-breadcrumb { font-size: 0.85rem; color: var(--text-muted); margin-bottom: 1.5rem; }
.blog-hero .post-breadcrumb a { color: var(--text-muted); text-decoration: none; }
.blog-hero .post-breadcrumb a:hover { color: var(--accent-gold); }
.blog-hero .post-breadcrumb svg { width: 14px; height: 14px; vertical-align: -2px; stroke: var(--text-muted); fill: none; stroke-width: 2; margin: 0 0.35rem; }