During two months working on TAMULib/scholars-discovery, John Savell focused on release engineering by preparing and executing version bumps to 1.4.2 and 1.5.0. He managed release readiness tasks, including updating repository metadata and aligning version tags, ensuring reproducible builds and clear release milestones. Using Git for version control and coordinating with Java-based build tools, John maintained codebase stability by introducing no functional changes, thereby reducing deployment risk. His work enhanced traceability through precise commit messages and structured version history. The engineering effort was narrow in scope, emphasizing process reliability and release hygiene rather than new feature development or bug fixes.