During December 2024, Daniel Gay delivered three features across the newrelic/nri-prometheus, newrelic/nri-mssql, and newrelic/nri-docker repositories, focusing on dependency management and secure packaging. He introduced FIPS-compliant packages to nri-prometheus and nri-mssql, updating changelogs to improve traceability and compliance. Daniel upgraded core Go module dependencies, including golang.org/x/net and golang.org/x/sys, to enhance build reproducibility and security posture. His work emphasized maintainability and release readiness, leveraging Go, Markdown, and release tooling such as goreleaser. By prioritizing dependency hygiene and documentation, Daniel enabled faster, more compliant releases without introducing user-facing bugs, demonstrating depth in module and packaging management.