During April 2025, Schmak Ekb focused on enhancing the user experience in the coder/coder-jetbrains-toolbox repository by addressing a key usability issue in environment discovery. Schmak implemented a state management solution in Kotlin, initializing the environments state to LoadableState.Loading to ensure users see a loading indicator rather than an empty state while data is being fetched. This approach improved perceived performance and reduced confusion during asynchronous data loading. Leveraging expertise in IDE plugin development and state management, Schmak’s work established a more robust pattern for handling asynchronous operations, laying the foundation for future improvements in the JetBrains Toolbox integration.