Daniel Barton is an IT Support Technician and seasoned AV professional based in Greater Perth with nine years of hands-on experience managing networks, endpoints, and live event production. He combines network administration at Malibu School and technical installations from Barteck Connect with practical stage and AV delivery across Barton Media and Evolve Perth, demonstrating reliability under live conditions. As CEO of Purple Flag Hosting he pairs entrepreneurial leadership with day-to-day technical ownership, while contributing full-stack fixes to the popular open-source Pterodactyl game server panel—bridging frontend React/TypeScript and backend Docker validation issues. Comfortable across the stack and on stage, he brings a community-minded approach, often applying IT and media skills to local events and groups. Trained with a Diploma in Information Technology from Challenger TAFE, Daniel is skilled at turning emergent problems into stable, user-focused solutions.
9 years of coding experience
Diploma, Information Technology, Diploma, Information Technology at Challenger TAFE
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:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:1 commit, 36 PRs, 2 branches in 1 day
Contributions summary:Daniel contributed to various aspects of the Pterodactyl panel, demonstrating a full-stack focus. Their work included fixing database connection issues within the frontend (React/TypeScript), enhancing server UI with 7z file decompression support, updating UI elements and links, fixing an admin-related bug, and addressing docker image validation issues. This demonstrates a solid understanding of both frontend and backend technologies.
The server control plane for Pterodactyl Panel. Written from the ground-up with security, speed, and stability in mind.
Contributions:1 release, 18 pushes, 12 branches in 3 years 10 months
speedsecuritypterodactyl-panelcontrol-planepanel
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Daniel Barton - IT Support Technician at Barton Media