During this period, Goffrie enhanced the convex-backend repository by implementing asynchronous handler support for the Convex Framework, enabling query, mutation, and action handlers to return promises with accurate async return type inference. This work, using TypeScript and asynchronous programming techniques, included updating type definitions and adding comprehensive tests to support non-blocking I/O and improve system responsiveness. Additionally, Goffrie contributed to protocolbuffers/protobuf by addressing stability issues in the Python C extension, specifically resolving a syntax error and refining initialization logic in C and Python C API code. These contributions reflect a focus on maintainability and cross-language backend development.