Asabya worked on the ethersphere/bee repository, focusing on backend development and data structures using Go. During this period, Asabya addressed a critical bug affecting the manifest node lifecycle by refactoring the unmarshalling process to correctly handle zero reference bytes and ensuring that deleted nodes were properly removed from the forks map. This technical approach resolved the persistence of removed nodes after manifest deletion, directly improving data integrity and reliability in manifest-driven routing and storage. Asabya also introduced comprehensive testing with TestPersistRemove, validating that removed nodes no longer existed, which enhanced the robustness and consistency of the node lifecycle management.