Charles Thom worked on the influxdata/influxdb repository, focusing on enhancing CI/CD infrastructure and packaging reliability. Over two months, he migrated CircleCI jobs to self-hosted runners, refactored package validation to run inside Docker containers, and removed Terraform to improve build isolation and resource utilization. Using Bash and YAML, he addressed file integrity issues during artifact creation by introducing sync commands in shell scripts, ensuring reliable packaging on self-hosted environments. Charles also improved cross-architecture support and artifact caching, refining the CI pipeline for greater stability and throughput. His work demonstrated depth in CI/CD, Docker, and scripting for robust DevOps workflows.