During October 2025, Ben Holt developed a build noise reduction feature for the typelevel/sbt-typelevel repository, focusing on improving the reliability and clarity of Scala 2.13.x build outputs. He consolidated build tool and compiler configuration changes to suppress common Scala compiler warnings, such as those related to kind-polymorphic and infer-any, specifically targeting version 2.13.17 and newer. By refining the sbt build process and leveraging his expertise in Scala and build tool configuration, Ben enabled cleaner CI logs and reduced distractions for developers. His work maintained full compatibility with existing tooling and ensured that no runtime behavior was altered in the process.