During July 2025, Alex Thomas contributed to the openrewrite/rewrite and openrewrite/rewrite-testing-frameworks repositories by enhancing build tooling and test code quality. He centralized Gradle dependency string generation into a new Dependency object, improving correctness when handling null group, version, classifier, or extension values in Java. In parallel, Alex developed a Refaster recipe to automate the removal of redundant JUnit assertions, streamlining test code and reducing unnecessary statements. His work focused on Java development, dependency management, and code cleanup, resulting in more maintainable and robust project infrastructure. These targeted improvements addressed both feature development and bug resolution within the codebase.