In February 2025, Gabriel Diamond enhanced the OKN-CollabNext/CollabNext_public repository by developing two backend features focused on scalable data access and configuration reliability. He built a new query endpoint for data retrieval with filtering, leveraging Python and RESTful API design to improve data access performance. Additionally, he refactored the backend to centralize the SPARQL endpoint URL using a global configuration variable, reducing environment-specific inconsistencies and simplifying maintenance. Gabriel’s work emphasized backend development and refactoring, addressing maintainability and configuration drift. While no bugs were fixed, his contributions laid a solid foundation for future extensibility and consistent data integration workflows.