diff --git a/design.md b/design.md
index 1dedd12..8a5da7b 100644
--- a/design.md
+++ b/design.md
@@ -55,16 +55,19 @@ ninja test    # or ctest
 - `./test_http_handler` - HTTP protocol handling tests
 - `./test_metric` - Metrics system tests
 - `./test_api_url_parser` - API URL parsing tests
+- `./test_reference` - Reference counting system tests
 - `./test_server_connection_return` - Connection lifecycle tests
 
 **Benchmarking:**
 
 - `./bench_arena` - Memory allocation performance
 - `./bench_commit_request` - JSON parsing performance
-- `./bench_parser_comparison` - Compare vs nlohmann::json and RapidJSON
-- `./bench_metric` - Metrics system performance
-- `./bench_thread_pipeline` - Lock-free pipeline performance
+- `./bench_cpu_work` - CPU work benchmarking utility
 - `./bench_format_comparison` - String formatting performance
+- `./bench_metric` - Metrics system performance
+- `./bench_parser_comparison` - Compare vs nlohmann::json and RapidJSON
+- `./bench_reference` - Reference counting performance
+- `./bench_thread_pipeline` - Lock-free pipeline performance
 
 **Debug tools:**
 
@@ -272,7 +275,7 @@ WeaselDB uses `EPOLLONESHOT` for all connection file descriptors to enable safe
 1. **Event Trigger**: Network thread gets epoll event → connection auto-disarmed via ONESHOT
 1. **Safe Transfer**: Handler can take ownership (`std::move(conn_ptr)`) with no epoll interference
 1. **Async Processing**: Connection processed on handler thread while epoll cannot trigger spurious events
-1. **Return & Re-arm**: `Server::receiveConnectionBack()` re-arms fd with `epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_MOD)`
+1. **Return & Re-arm**: Internal server method re-arms fd with `epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_MOD)` via `Server::release_back_to_server()`
 
 **Performance Trade-off:**
 
@@ -475,7 +478,7 @@ public:
   }
 
   void on_write_progress(std::unique_ptr<Connection> &conn) override {
-    if (conn->outgoingBytesQueued() == 0) {
+    if (conn->outgoing_bytes_queued() == 0) {
       // Don't use an unbounded amount of memory
       conn->reset();
       // Write "y\n" repeatedly
diff --git a/src/connection.hpp b/src/connection.hpp
index 0d0d740..1aca340 100644
--- a/src/connection.hpp
+++ b/src/connection.hpp
@@ -196,17 +196,17 @@ struct Connection {
    * Use cases:
    * ```cpp
    * // Check if all data has been sent
-   * if (conn->outgoingBytesQueued() == 0) {
+   * if (conn->outgoing_bytes_queued() == 0) {
    *     conn->reset();  // Safe to reset arena
    * }
    *
    * // Implement backpressure
-   * if (conn->outgoingBytesQueued() > MAX_BUFFER_SIZE) {
+   * if (conn->outgoing_bytes_queued() > MAX_BUFFER_SIZE) {
    *     // Stop adding more data until queue drains
    * }
    *
    * // Logging/monitoring
-   * metrics.recordQueueDepth(conn->get_id(), conn->outgoingBytesQueued());
+   * metrics.recordQueueDepth(conn->get_id(), conn->outgoing_bytes_queued());
    * ```
    */
   int64_t outgoing_bytes_queued() const {