Gulakov contributed to both google/syzkaller and GaloisInc/LibAFL, focusing on reliability, automation, and contributor experience. In syzkaller, Gulakov enhanced system provisioning by improving UnusedTCPPort handling to prevent deadlocks and automating EC2 rootfs creation for multi-architecture support, using Go and shell scripting to streamline deployment and networking workflows. For LibAFL, Gulakov modernized code for Rust 1.87 compatibility, introduced tooling to enable or disable test corpus cases, and improved onboarding documentation to guide contributors through pre-commit checks. The work demonstrated depth in DevOps, system programming, and documentation, addressing both infrastructure robustness and maintainability for complex, multi-platform environments.