Monthly summary for 2025-03 (ignaciosica/tinygrad). Key objectives this month focused on improving the scheduler’s reliability and maintainability by simplifying the sink’s dependency surface. The primary deliverable was a targeted refactor of the Scheduling Sink to operate on base operations only, removing constant and view dependencies from the source list. This clarifies the scheduling path, reduces edge cases, and sets the stage for future performance optimizations. Key features delivered: - Scheduling Sink Refactor to Operate on Base Operations: Refactored the schedule sink logic to remove constant and view operations from the source list, ensuring the sink depends directly on base operations. Commit: fa69fd3afccc8319b246017f43066e15ac8997af ("no const/view in schedule sink after sym [pr]"). Impact: simpler dependency graph and clearer scheduling flow. Major bugs fixed: - None reported within this work scope. Note: the refactor mitigates risk of incorrect scheduling related to non-base operations by narrowing dependency surface. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Clearer, more maintainable scheduling code with a reduced surface for regression in future changes. - Potential performance and reliability gains from avoiding non-base operation checks in the sink path. - Improved traceability through commit-based change records. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Code refactoring and dependency surface reduction - Dependency graph simplification and clearer architecture for the scheduler - Commit-based change tracking and incremental delivery - Focus on business value: reliability, maintainability, and future optimization readiness