Conrad Meyer focused on backend development and performance optimization in C++ across two Meta repositories. On facebook/CacheLib, Conrad refactored the getPoolId API to use string_view instead of std::string, reducing unnecessary string copies and allocations on a critical code path while maintaining full API compatibility. This targeted change improved performance without altering external behavior. Later, on facebook/fbthrift, Conrad addressed operational overhead by quiescing repetitive log entries for dropped connections, reducing log clutter and improving incident triage without impacting connection handling. Both efforts demonstrated careful risk management, clear commit history, and a pragmatic approach to C++ API design and backend reliability.