Muhemad Alan established the backend foundation for the HSFD-WS-24-25/backend repository by initializing a new Node.js project and setting up the initial configuration using npm. He focused on creating a scalable project scaffolding, generating the package.json and organizing the structure to support future API development. His work emphasized maintainability and ease of onboarding, ensuring that subsequent features could be added efficiently. Although no major bugs were addressed during this period, the groundwork laid by Muhemad provided a solid base for future backend enhancements. The project primarily utilized Node.js, npm, and JSON to define dependencies and configuration for the backend system.