Worked on the zed-industries/zed repository to enhance reliability and stability for remote development workflows, particularly addressing issues with file watching on virtual filesystems. Focused on concurrency and the File System API in Rust, the work involved fixing a bug where poll-based watchers blocked the main thread during recursive directory scans, which previously led to remote SSH session timeouts. The solution involved skipping redundant parent directory watches for symlink targets, reducing startup latency and preventing connection issues. Comprehensive automated tests were added to verify path registration behavior, and release notes were updated to document these improvements for remote and virtualized environments.