May 2025 monthly work summary for ScottyLabs/cmucourses focusing on security hardening of Clerk authentication redirect origins and remediation of a regression that broadened allowed redirect URLs. Delivered precise origin whitelisting to reduce unauthorized redirects, tracked with clear commit messages, and ensured alignment with security policies and user trust.

April 2025 — Delivered cross-repo enhancements that reduce onboarding friction, stabilize core user flows, and improve maintainability. Key initiatives include migrating to Bun in ScottyLabs/cmueats to simplify setup, establishing a solid frontend foundation in ScottyLabs/cmucourses, stabilizing user schedules data flows, enhancing the authentication experience, and upgrading internal tooling for better developer experience and future scalability. These efforts deliver faster onboarding, more reliable data integrity, smoother user journeys, and a more maintainable codebase.

February 2025: Delivered multi-criteria Course Catalog Sorting and Filter Controls with backend and frontend updates; cleaned up docs by removing a dead link; fixed Bun version for stability. Result: improved data discoverability, user control, and maintainability.

January 2025 — ScottyLabs/cmucourses: Build system modernization and tooling improvements delivering faster, more reliable CI and easier onboarding. Key infrastructure upgrade to Bun v1.2, migration of CI lint workflow, dependency updates, and ESLint hygiene across backend and frontend, with updated setup docs.