During August 2025, Marco Pedroni contributed to the zanfranceschi/rinha-de-backend-2025 repository by delivering a v1.1.0 release focused on payments endpoint reliability and deployment infrastructure. He addressed a bug in the payments summary endpoint, enabling it to accept empty query parameters, and enhanced system stability by redistributing memory between containers. Leveraging Docker and Shell scripting, Marco introduced tmpfs-backed database storage to reduce I/O latency and updated the Docker image to v1.1.0. His work included tuning API container memory limits, resulting in improved throughput and deployment cycles. The depth of these changes reflects strong skills in containerization and system administration.