Rish Garg worked on the TUM-Dev/gocast repository, focusing on improving the frontend user experience during initial page loads. He addressed a UI issue where empty state messages appeared prematurely, causing flickering and confusion for users. By introducing a frontend 'loaded' flag using Alpine.js and JavaScript, Rish ensured that the message indicating no available streams, VODs, or courses only displayed after all relevant data had finished loading. This approach improved the reliability of empty state messaging and enhanced perceived performance. His work demonstrated careful frontend state management using GoHTML and TypeScript, resulting in a more stable and predictable interface.