During August 2025, Steffy Fort focused on enhancing the bitnami/charts repository by addressing a critical bug in the Thanos Helm chart. She implemented a targeted fix to the storegateway affinity labelSelector, ensuring that shard-based scheduling correctly honors shard keys. This adjustment improved the reliability and performance of pod scheduling in sharded Thanos deployments. Steffy’s work demonstrated a strong grasp of Kubernetes scheduling concepts and Helm chart customization, utilizing YAML to refine deployment logic. By aligning affinity rules with shard keys, she contributed to greater operational stability for users deploying Thanos in complex, sharded environments, reflecting depth in DevOps practices.