During this period, work centered on enhancing the reliability of the starsimhub/starsim repository by addressing a critical bug in the HouseholdNet initialization process. The developer focused on refining argument handling within the Python-based codebase, removing unused constructor parameters to ensure only relevant arguments were processed. This object-oriented approach eliminated silent failures where certain arguments were previously ignored, resulting in more predictable and robust simulation setups. No new user-facing features were introduced, but the targeted bug fix improved maintainability and correctness. The work demonstrated careful attention to code quality and reliability, leveraging Python development and object-oriented programming principles throughout.