Over a two-month period, contributed targeted backend enhancements to ansible/ansible-lint and antinomyhq/forge, focusing on reliability and security. Improved Ansible lint rule parsing by refining error handling and normalization of quoted values, reducing edge-case parsing issues and enhancing rule validation. In the antinomyhq/forge repository, delivered a security-focused update to the OAuth authentication flow by preserving the Codex id_token during token exchanges, which strengthened session integrity and improved downstream user management. These features were implemented using Python and Rust, leveraging skills in error handling, OAuth, and backend development to address reliability and authentication challenges without introducing collateral impact.