Monthly summary for 2024-11 focusing on business value and technical achievements in the eBay/HomeStore repository. Key feature delivered: Virtual Device Creation Flexibility. Implemented support for creating virtual devices using either num_chunks or chunk_size with priority to num_chunks, and updated the function signature and implementation within homestore::BlkDataService to enable more flexible storage configuration. This change improves resource provisioning accuracy, simplifies deployment of diverse workloads, and enhances scalability for large storage deployments. No major bugs fixed are documented for this month. Overall impact: reduced configuration friction, faster setup of storage resources, and better alignment with workload requirements. Technologies/skills demonstrated: C++, API design and refactoring, backward-compatible signature changes, commit-driven development. Commit reference: 78118557ffc63d3e0f26da66079c46ebefc4ddb6.