Wesley Hershberger contributed to the canonical/lxd and SimonRichardson/juju repositories by delivering backend features and documentation improvements focused on reliability and maintainability. He enhanced CI stability in canonical/lxd by introducing readiness checks in GitHub Actions using Go, addressing race conditions and improving feedback loops. Wesley standardized storage backend type handling, refactored error management, and updated string representations to reduce technical debt. In SimonRichardson/juju, he improved error logging for local image retrieval, increasing debugging visibility. Additionally, he reorganized and expanded LXD documentation in Markdown and YAML, streamlining contributor onboarding and clarifying profiling workflows. His work demonstrated depth in backend development and documentation.