Ebtasam Faridy developed a credential persistence feature for the harness/lite-engine repository, focusing on secure and automated credential management within CI/CD pipelines. Leveraging Go for backend development, Ebtasam implemented logic to generate a .netrc file with OS-specific naming and content dynamically built from environment variables, ensuring credentials could be safely reused across pipeline runs. The feature was gated by the DRONE_PERSIST_CREDS flag, allowing controlled rollout and testing. This work improved reproducibility and reduced manual credential handling, demonstrating proficiency in cross-platform file I/O, environment variable integration, and feature-flag-driven development. No major bugs were recorded during this development period.