During August 2025, Smak contributed to the tensorflow/datasets repository by refactoring the data loading pipeline to prepare for the upcoming removal of the Zarr synchronization API. Smak removed the deprecated 'synchronizer' argument from zarr.open_array() calls in ble_wind_field_dataset_builder.py, ensuring the codebase remains compatible with future versions of zarr-python. This change focused on maintainability and forward-compatibility, reducing technical debt and easing future upgrades for downstream users. The work involved Python programming and dataset management, with careful attention to non-breaking changes. While no user-facing features were released, the update improved the long-term stability of the data loading infrastructure.