During their tenure on the OpenLiberty/open-liberty project, Ak Nguyen focused on build and dependency management, delivering targeted improvements to the project’s core infrastructure. They upgraded the che-orion-editor dependency in the Gradle build configuration, ensuring the editor benefited from recent bug fixes and performance enhancements. Ak also updated licensing information in build.gradle to maintain compliance and audit readiness. In a subsequent phase, they aligned library versions in package.json and package-lock.json, enhancing security and stability across core modules. Their work, primarily using Gradle and JSON, demonstrated a methodical approach to maintaining up-to-date dependencies and robust governance within the codebase.