John Burns enhanced code quality automation for the Netflix/dgs-framework repository by integrating ktlint-gradle to enforce consistent Kotlin linting and formatting. He migrated the project’s linting process to ktlint-gradle, ensuring that lint checks run reliably in continuous integration and reducing formatting issues in pull requests. John also updated the CONTRIBUTING.md documentation to include explicit lint and format commands, streamlining onboarding for new contributors and standardizing code style across the team. His work focused on build configuration, code formatting, and linting using Gradle and Kotlin, resulting in improved maintainability and development throughput without addressing major bug fixes during this period.