During June 2025, Michael Andersen focused on backend reliability improvements for the immich-app/immich repository. He addressed a critical issue in the asset scanning pipeline by implementing logic to skip locked photos during duplicate scans, ensuring that assets currently in use were not processed. This change, developed using TypeScript and leveraging his expertise in backend development and service architecture, reduced scan conflicts and improved the stability of batch processing. Although the work centered on a single bug fix rather than new features, it demonstrated careful attention to system robustness and contributed to maintaining consistent throughput in the application’s asset management workflows.