During this period, contributed to the facebook/folly repository by developing a feature that enables IOBUFs to own copies of serialized buffer data, allowing buffers to safely outlive their source Python objects. This work focused on improving memory management at the Python and C++ boundary, introducing ownership-based semantics to prevent use-after-free scenarios in transport layers. The technical approach involved implementing iobuf_copy_from_buffer() and addressing a Py_DECREF leak by adopting Py_AddPendingCall for safer object lifecycle handling. Leveraging C++ and Python development skills, the changes enhanced transport-layer robustness and reduced memory-management risks in real-world deployments involving serialized data flows.