During March 2025, Bas established the foundational structure for the Garnir-111/meal_planning- repository, focusing on repository initialization and documentation scaffolding. He set up the initial README.md to outline the project’s purpose and provided clear contribution guidelines, ensuring that future developers could onboard efficiently. Bas emphasized governance and version control readiness, leveraging Git for repository management and Markdown for documentation. While no application code was introduced during this period, his work laid the groundwork for future feature development by defining project scope and conventions. The depth of this initial setup supports rapid iteration and maintainability in subsequent development cycles.