Michael Blatherwick focused on configuration management for the ministryofjustice/laa-court-data-ui repository, addressing a critical issue with misconfigured outbound communications. He updated support and mailer email addresses throughout the codebase to reflect new team ownership, ensuring that external notifications and support requests were correctly routed. This work included modifying the Dockerfile to align container metadata with the current team, streamlining onboarding and deployment processes. Using Ruby and Git-based change management, Michael validated all updates through CI/CD pipelines to prevent regressions. His contributions improved deployment hygiene and governance, though the scope was limited to operational fixes rather than new feature development.