20+ years of hands-on IT experience. Since 2009, I have owned and operated Pacific Northwest Computers (PNWC); which provides IT support, software and hardware repair, network administration, consulting, CTO level policy development, and penetration testing services (among MANY other services as well) across the SW Washington & the Portland metro areas.
- Author of "The Computer Handbook"
- Independent cybersecurity researcher & hardware hacker.
🌲 Vancouver, WA
🔗 linktr.ee/pnwcomputers
| Main Website | https://www.pacificnwcomputers.com |
| LinkTree | https://www.linktr.ee/pnwcomputers |
| GitHub | https://github.com/Pnwcomputers |
| The Computer Handbook | https://www.thecomputerhandbook.com |
This little @gl.inet GL-X2000 is set up with a @eiotclubofficial cellular data plan and it saved my butt today. There was an infrastructure related outage with Comcast this afternoon, but my system just failed over to the GLiNet router and it kept me going! It's not a gaming fast connection. But it did keep everything alive and reasonably quick for me! Color me impressed!!
This guide walks through the exact sequence I used to deploy Nextcloud on TrueNAS SCALE Community Edition with NPMplus handling SSL and reverse proxying, with all the working settings with no detours, no "try this and see if it works" steps, and no recovery sections you'll only need if something breaks.
#truenas #nextcloud #selfhosted #npmplusproxy https://blog.pacificnwcomputers.com/2026/04/deploy-nextcloud-on-truenas-scale.html
MacOSX VM on ProxMox!? Say whaaaat!?
Version 2.4 of my Windows "SystemTester" utilities is out today! The "SystemTester" utility is a no-install, thumb-drive friendly, PowerShell toolkit that runs a curated set of Sysinternals and Windows checks and produces a detailed log/summary file.
#Github #ZeroTouch #Automation #NewComputerSetup #PNWComputers https://github.com/Pnwcomputers/SystemTester
So... I need to rant about a few things. Technology today is the most powerful and accessible it has ever been... and yet somehow, also the most unreliable I can remember. We have more computing power, more tools, and more connectivity than ever, yet reliability and accountability feel like they are going backwards. Full Blog post via link:
#IT #Tech #Reliability #QA #TechDebt https://blog.pacificnwcomputers.com/2026/04/state-of-modern-tech-where.html
Zero-touch Windows 10/11 workstation deployment automation. Remove bloatware, install essential apps, enterprise-ready PowerShell toolkit for IT professionals and MSPs.
I have made some recent updates to my Ultimate Cybersecurity Guide GitHub Repo! New documentation, new how-to guides and new subsections to the AI portion of the repo, as well as a few other things here and there. Give it a look if you are at all interested!
#GitHub #Cybersecurity #Guide #HowTo #PurpleTeam https://github.com/Pnwcomputers/ULTIMATE-CYBERSECURITY-MASTER-GUIDE
This repository provides a centralized resource for operational cyber defense and offense, compiling Theory, Tools, Operating Procedures, and Step-by-Step Guides across various critical security do...
