Katie McKew focused on enhancing the DataDog/datadog-serverless-functions repository by updating the Datadog forwarder and Lambda layer dependencies to their latest versions. She leveraged Python and YAML to modify serverless templates and settings, ensuring the deployment pipeline remained aligned with current observability standards. Her work centered on CI/CD and release management, automating the version bump through continuous integration workflows. Although the update did not introduce user-facing changes, it reduced dependency drift and improved the reliability and stability of the deployment process. This targeted engineering effort laid the groundwork for future observability improvements and maintained robust release automation practices.