During February 2026, Michael Christiani focused on stabilizing the packaging and build process for the mirage-project/mirage repository, addressing a persistent issue with non-editable pip installs. He improved the integration of Rust components within the Python codebase, ensuring native .so files were correctly bundled and reliably located during installation. Using CMake, Python, and Rust, Michael refined the build workflow for reproducibility by introducing PEP 517-compliant build backends and committing Cargo.lock for deterministic Rust builds. His work included expanding packaging tests and gating native builds in CI, resulting in a more robust, testable, and maintainable installation process across diverse environments.