During January 2026, Michael McCarty focused on stabilizing wheel builds across multiple RAPIDS repositories, including rapidsai/cudf, rapidsai/rmm, and NVIDIA/cuopt, by refining pip constraint handling in CI environments. He implemented and tested changes to build scripts using shell and bash, addressing compatibility issues introduced by updates in pip’s build constraint behavior. His work involved both introducing and reverting experimental features in rapidsai/gha-tools to ensure environment isolation without sacrificing reliability. Leveraging skills in CI/CD, DevOps, and build automation, Michael’s contributions reduced build failures and improved cross-repo consistency, laying groundwork for safer, more maintainable package management workflows.