Dane Everitt
Senior Software Engineer at Wunderite
San Diego, California, United States
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Dane Everitt is a Senior Software Engineer in San Diego with 14 years of experience building full-stack web and mobile applications using PHP, Laravel, React/React Native, TypeScript, MySQL, and Go. He has a track record of leading architecture and delivery—replacing third-party tools with in-house systems, re-architecting critical data flows with live migrations, and establishing team best practices like automated testing and consistent dev environments. Dane maintains and contributes to high-profile open-source game server panels (Pterodactyl and PufferPanel), focusing on backend security, container startup reliability, and developer-facing documentation. He excels at translating product needs into robust, testable systems while mentoring distributed teams and improving operational reliability. An environmental science graduate, he brings a practical, systems-oriented mindset shaped by hands-on leadership roles outside tech.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Environmental Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Environmental Science at North Carolina State University
English
Github Skills (41)
javascript10
docker10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
mysql10
scripting10
pterodactyl10
laravel-mix10
css10
bash10
laravel10
containerization10
dockers10
php10
script10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
pterodactyl/panel
Dec 2015 - Nov 2022
Pterodactyl® is a free, open-source game server management panel built with PHP, React, and Go. Designed with security in mind, Pterodactyl runs all game servers in isolated Docker containers while exposing a beautiful and intuitive UI to end users.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:79 releases, 115 reviews, 3612 commits in 7 years
Contributions summary:Dane's contributions focused on back-end development tasks, primarily involving modifications to the Pterodactyl panel's code. They implemented features such as hiding or displaying startup lines in API responses based on user permissions. Their work also addressed database and file system interactions, including updating database connection settings, implementing file uploads and management features, and contributing to the system's security aspects, such as rate limiting, and the ability to store public SSH keys for a user. Additionally, they fixed an issue with the automatic handling of server states and corrected the handling of code to reflect new software versions.
react-phptailwindcssintuitivemindisolated
Pterodactyl/Documentation
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
Contributions summary:Dane primarily focused on developing and structuring the documentation site for the Pterodactyl project. Their contributions involved creating and modifying configuration files (.vuepress/config.js), and implementing various CSS and layout changes. They also added and organized content, including tutorials and daemon installation guides, demonstrating a strong understanding of the project's architecture and the VuePress framework. The user additionally made enhancements to the homepage with styling and layout modifications.
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