During a two-month period, Brockenbrough contributed to the ssu-social-backend and ssu-social-frontend repositories, focusing on robust authentication and user experience improvements. He implemented role-based access token generation using Node.js and JWT, laying the foundation for scalable RBAC by embedding user roles in tokens and refining token flows. On the frontend, he used React and JavaScript to ensure role information was accessible for authorization decisions and resolved a UI issue that prevented users from following themselves. Additionally, he managed a careful rollback of image moderation features, prioritizing system stability and clear documentation. His work demonstrated thoughtful backend and frontend integration.