During November 2025, Freepad worked on stabilizing local development and course-load environments for the hexlet-basics/hexlet-basics repository. They addressed setup friction on Ubuntu by adding Makefile documentation to guide users in running Caddy on port 443 without sudo, improving accessibility for developers. Freepad also resolved a Docker volume mounting issue by ensuring the repository directory exists before initialization, which fixed permission errors and improved reliability for course environments. Their work demonstrated practical skills in backend development, DevOps, and system administration, utilizing Makefile and Ruby to streamline onboarding and reduce environment-related issues for both students and contributors. The contributions were focused and effective.