Andy Bell with pitch perfect bait for me: Fun shadow coding challenge. Just a simple line across a page, but imagine that line is a light source. Squares below the light source have a box-shadow. How can we make it so as the squares scroll by, that box-shadow adjusts itself to honor that "light source"?…

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A coding challenge explores creating dynamic box shadows that respond to a light source as elements scroll. Multiple developers showcase solutions using scroll-driven animations with animation-timeline: view() and scroll(), manipulating shadow properties through CSS custom properties and @property declarations. Solutions range from JavaScript-assisted approaches to pure CSS implementations that interpolate shadow directions based on viewport position.

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