Worked on enhancing offline resilience and code quality for the VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_cli repository by addressing a critical issue where bootstrapping and package fetching could hang indefinitely without internet access. Introduced a robust 120-second timeout around these operations, ensuring the CLI fails gracefully and provides clear, actionable error messages to guide users in troubleshooting. The solution was implemented in Dart, leveraging skills in CLI development, error handling, and testing. Timeout handling was parameterized for improved maintainability and testability, and accompanying lint and analyzer fixes were applied to strengthen code quality and reliability in challenging network environments.