During May 2025, Alex contributed to the EOEPCA/helm-charts-dev repository by implementing external database connectivity for the resource-catalogue component. He addressed the need for flexible data source integration by enabling the resource-catalogue to connect to databases not managed by the same Helm chart. This was achieved through conditional environment variable configuration and dynamic construction of the database connection string, allowing deployments to adapt seamlessly across different environments. Alex utilized YAML for configuration management and applied his skills in Helm and Kubernetes to ensure robust and maintainable deployment workflows. The work demonstrated thoughtful engineering depth in solving cross-environment integration challenges.