During October 2025, S. Price modularized region search functionality in the astronomy-commons/hats repository, refactoring search logic into a dedicated submodule to improve maintainability and extensibility. They externalized search features from the astronomy-commons/lsdb repository, standardizing code and reducing cross-repository drift. Their work included comprehensive region search tests to validate spatial filtering, ensuring reliable results in production catalogs. Price updated developer tooling and documentation, clarifying environment setup and modernizing pre-commit workflows for Python 3.11 and 3.12. Leveraging Python, YAML, and CI/CD practices, their contributions delivered robust backend improvements and streamlined development processes for astronomy software teams.