During October 2025, Sam Price modularized and refactored region search functionality in the astronomy-commons/hats repository, creating a dedicated hats.search submodule to improve code organization and extensibility. He externalized spatial filtering logic from the astronomy-commons/lsdb repository, standardizing maintenance and reducing cross-repository drift. Using Python and YAML, Sam implemented comprehensive region search tests for box, cone, and polygon queries, ensuring spatial accuracy in production catalogs. He also modernized the development workflow by updating pre-commit tooling to support Python 3.11 and 3.12, and enhanced developer documentation, resulting in faster feature delivery, lower maintenance costs, and more reliable search results.