In January 2026, Augani developed a CDN-based GitHub avatar loading feature for the blame UI in the zed-industries/zed repository. This solution constructs avatar URLs from author emails when available, falling back to the existing API path as needed, and was implemented using Rust with a focus on backend development and API integration. Augani added unit tests to verify correct URL construction and behavior in edge cases, reducing reliance on the GitHub API and improving reliability for users. The work included updating documentation and release notes, and code quality was validated through clippy and an expanded suite of cargo-based unit tests.