During this period, Thomas Sutterlin focused on backend and API development, delivering new features and packaging improvements across conda-forge/staged-recipes and nsidc/earthaccess. He created initial conda packaging recipes for gravity-toolkit and geoid-toolkit, optimizing dependencies by switching to matplotlib-base to reduce build size and improve distribution. In nsidc/earthaccess, Thomas enhanced the granule name search API to support flexible input types, enabling multi-granule queries and improving data discoverability. His work emphasized reproducible builds, automation readiness, and robust input handling, leveraging Python, YAML, and CI/CD practices to streamline workflows and increase maintainability without addressing major bug fixes.