Apurushotama worked on modernizing and stabilizing the confluentinc/rest-utils repository, focusing on Jakarta Servlet API migration and Jetty 12 compatibility. Over two months, they delivered features and fixes that improved security, updated dependencies, and enhanced test reliability. Their work included refactoring authentication and authorization utilities, implementing SSL/TLS enhancements, and aligning WebSocket and HTTP initialization with new APIs. Using Java and Jakarta EE, Apurushotama addressed both backend development and integration testing, ensuring smoother upgrades and safer releases. The depth of their contributions is reflected in comprehensive code cleanup, dependency management, and robust test coverage, reducing upgrade risk and runtime issues.