Nathan Sapwell
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Senior full-stack architect and Director of DreamFast Solutions Limited, Hong Kong. With over a decade of experience and 100% job success rate on UpWork for over 8 years, my expertise spans robust web application development, Laravel API development specialist, comprehensive server management and security. I deliver scalable, high-performance solutions tailored to your specific needs.
Latest Posts
Hack the Box - Cap
Today we’re going to do ‘Cap’ which is another easy hackthebox challenge. This will be similar to our previous challenge where we will go through without reviewing how it was done, then compare afterward with the solution.
Hack the Box - Code
Lets brush up our skills with HackTheBox! We’re starting with a simple retired machine called ‘Code’. The total time to complete this challenge was just over six hours.
Previous Experience & Skills
Full Stack Web Development
- HTML5
- CSS Frameworks (Bootstrap, TailwindCSS and others)
- SCSS / LESS
- jQuery, AJAX and Javascript
- PHP and PHP Frameworks (Laravel, Symphony)
- Javascript Frameworks (Vuejs, React, Nextjs, Nuxtjs)
- MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite
- API Integration
- Front end design skills
- Responsive Design
- Cross Browser Compatibility
- Version Control (Git)
- Centering a div
Content Management Systems
- WordPress
- Shopify
- Custom Theme Design or Alterations
- Custom Plugin Development
- Search Engine Optimisation
AI / LLM
- Understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Application of LLMs in web development
- API integration with LLM providers (e.g., OpenAI, Gemini)
- Prompt Engineering
- Fine-tuning and customising LLMs
Server Administration
- Debian, Ubuntu, TempleOS, CentOS/Almalinux, BSD operating systems
- WHM / cPanel setup and management
- Apache2, NGINX, Caddy
- Load Balancing and Reverse Proxies
- Self Hosted Email Servers
- Postfix, Dovecot, SpamAssassin with ClamAV / Amavis setup
- Spam and email identity fraud protection (DKIM, SPF and OpenSRS)
- Shell scripting, BASH
- Firewall configurations, ipset, blacklists
- Virtual Private Networks with OpenVPN and WireGuard
- Server deployment, disaster recovery and systems hardening
- Backup and restore strategies
- Cloudflare and other CDN and DNS services
- Monitoring and alerting systems
Basic Security Services
- Penetration Testing
- Scanning local networks and software for potential vulnerabilities
- Remote Vulnerability Scanning
- Find vulnerabilities in websites or servers
- Cleaning and restoring hacked or malware infected websites
- Securing servers and websites after an attack