Over a two-month period, contributed backend and configuration enhancements to Grafana’s Alloy and Loki repositories. In grafana/alloy, improved secret detection by updating the gitleaks configuration to v8.26.0, refining regular expressions and expanding allowlists to increase detection accuracy and reduce false positives. For grafana/loki, implemented an L2 chunks cache using Memcached, updating Helm integration to support scalable caching strategies for large deployments. Work demonstrated proficiency in Go, YAML, and Kubernetes, with a focus on disciplined configuration management and performance optimization. Each feature addressed specific operational needs, resulting in more secure and efficient infrastructure without introducing new bugs.