During February 2025, Amicic focused on enhancing memory management stability in the eclipse-openj9/openj9 repository, specifically addressing garbage collection behavior. He reverted the off-heap memory default for the Balanced GC, restoring previous semantics and reducing risk from recent changes. By removing the virtualLargeObjectHeap member and updating the logic for requesting and enabling virtual large object heaps, Amicic ensured that garbage collection behavior remained consistent with historical expectations. His work, implemented in C++ and leveraging system programming and garbage collection expertise, delivered a stable solution with minimal user-facing impact, reflecting a deep understanding of low-level memory management and runtime system design.