Okanogan County · Omak & Methow · By appointment
Rural IT for Okanogan County
Private networks and hardware you own. Practiced first, explained in plain language.
I’m Joshua Hickman — practical Starlink, mesh, backups, and PC help for the Okanogan Valley, plus carefully scoped premium work for Methow vacation rentals and private properties.
Studio name Destroy the Kraken = solving tech that feels impossible — not crypto or sports brands.
Practiced first — then brought to your place
If I ask you to trust a process, I want to have practiced it myself first. That’s what the AIDE_OS lab is for: real hardware, real notes, no black-box mystery stack.
You own the system
Work stays on your gear whenever possible. You keep the keys and the notes.
Plain language
Short explanations and hand-off notes you can actually use later.
Lab before client
Patterns get tested in my lab — then adapted to your land and buildings. Lab overview
Everyday help (Okanogan Valley)
The volume work: homes, shops, farms, and offices that need reliable internet and calm troubleshooting.
Starlink & mesh
Placement and mesh that match hills, shops, and long driveways — guest vs house networks when you need them.
PC & network triage
Won’t boot, updates, printers, and “something’s wrong” — scoped after a short call.
Files & backups
Find where stuff lives and set simple habits. Private storage can stay on your PC or NAS.
Private starter setups
Smaller private networks and careful remote access — always owned by you.
AIDE_OS Lab
My personal practice environment on hardware I own. Linux study, private mesh patterns, and written ops — not a school product, and not multi-tenant hosting of your data.
- Practice before I recommend a process to you
- Documented remote-access patterns and runbooks
- AI used as a helper, not a substitute for understanding
Recent field work
Real remote ops — not slideware. Family Ubuntu desktop from Omak, WA to Austin, TX over mesh; local field kit ready for Okanogan too.
Remote family desktop (Ubuntu Cinnamon)
Multi-user roles, always-on settings, education stack, and a clean handoff — directed by me as SA, with Grok Build as an on-box research partner under my control.
Read the case study →Contact / schedule
Send a short note with your name, phone, which valley you’re in, and what’s going on. I’ll call you back. We only start after a clear plan.
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