During April 2026, Frank delivered a platform enhancement in the sonic-net/sonic-buildimage repository by enabling ASIC polling by default, streamlining early hardware health checks during system boot. He updated the ASIC thermal class to initialize polling database values from platform.json defaults on the first polling iteration, reducing manual configuration and improving platform observability. This work addressed issue #26516 and included automated build triggers to validate changes across platforms. Frank applied his expertise in Python, backend development, and system programming to implement these changes, demonstrating a focused approach to improving platform stability and maintainability through targeted, well-integrated backend engineering.