TrueWinter

About Me

Hi, I'm Nicholis du Toit, known online as TrueWinter. I'm a full-stack software and website developer based in South Africa. I also occasionally find and responsibly disclose security vulnerabilities.

Skills

Website Development

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript/TypeScript
  • SEO
  • Responsive Design
  • Bootstrap
  • React
  • Astro

Programming

  • Node.js
  • Java
  • Go
  • PHP
  • Electron
  • Wails

System Administration

  • Ubuntu/Debian
  • Authoritative DNS (BIND, AXFR, OctoDNS)
  • Recursive DNS (Unbound, BIND)
  • Managing server hardware
  • Proxmox
  • CI/CD
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus

Databases

  • MySQL
  • SQLite
  • Redis
  • MongoDB

Tools

  • Git
  • Webpack
  • Docker
  • UptimeRobot
  • Sentry

Networking

  • Mikrotik
  • pfSense
  • IPv6
  • WireGuard
  • BGP
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Latest Posts

Colour Based on IPv6 Addresses

27 February 2021

A fun project exploring the possibilities of utilizing the large address space of IPv6 addresses to embed data into an address.

How NOT to Write Software

8 December 2019

How NOT to Write Software: A critique of hard-coded credentials and poor security practices in a desktop application.

Vodafone UK Subdomain Takeover

8 June 2019

Vodafone UK Subdomain Takeover