During April 2025, Ben contributed to the ethereum/consensus-specs repository by performing targeted code cleanup focused on maintainability. He identified and removed the unused is_previous_epoch_justified function along with its related documentation in phase0/fork-choice.md, ensuring the codebase remained streamlined without altering existing functionality. This work, conducted in Markdown and leveraging skills in code cleanup and documentation, reduced technical debt and minimized potential confusion for future contributors. Ben’s approach preserved project conventions and functional parity, with changes reviewed and merged through the standard process. The depth of this work lay in its careful balance between simplification and maintaining project integrity.