About
One engineer. Every job.
Pitt Industries is a one-person technology shop in Duluth, Minnesota. I'm Josh Pitt. I fix computers, build them, and set up the networks and systems behind them, for households and small businesses. When you call, you get me, and I'm the one who does the work.
// How I got here
I've been building and fixing PCs for about 20 years, all of it self-taught. It started with my own machines, turned into builds for friends, and then into running my own servers at home: media, photo backup, VPNs, and the monitoring that watches all of it.
Today that home setup runs more than two dozen services, with nightly encrypted backups to the cloud that I test-restore every month, and a monitoring system I wrote myself that messages my phone the moment something breaks. It's the same standard I bring to a customer's PC or a small office's network.
Twenty years of hands-on work is the foundation. Next I'm adding the industry certifications that put it on paper:
- CompTIA A+
- CompTIA Network+
- CompTIA Security+
// Why Pitt Industries
Most people in Duluth have two choices when a computer acts up: a big-box counter with a long wait, or a guess at what a local shop will charge. I wanted a third option: every common job priced on the website, a written quote before any work, and a person who explains what's wrong in plain English.
// How I work
- Flat, published prices
- The diagnostic is $49 and comes off the repair if you go ahead.
- Nothing happens without your OK
- You approve the quote first. If something changes, I ask before going over.
- Your data stays yours
- I open only what the repair needs and never keep copies of your files.
- 90-day labor warranty
- If the same problem comes back because of my work, the fix is free.
- By appointment, Saturday–Monday
- Messages get an answer within 24 hours, every day.
When I'm not at the bench, I'm usually tinkering with the homelab or out walking Jax, the pug in the photo.
◆ Next step
Have something that needs fixing, building, or setting up?
Tell me what's going on. You'll get a price, or the questions I need answered first, within 24 hours.