Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://eevb.net/video/ZFJPPqQO2oH.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Running A Solo MSP: Patch Strategy, AI Security Risks, And 15 Years With PDQ | PDQ Patch Notes 6 Matthew Schaefer [2NGYaMR3VIi] Health Updated on August 05, 2026 EDT — Published on August 05, 2026 EDT Tag: #Matthew Schaefer, #iren, #cillian murphy, #detentionHe's been helping sysadmins on PDQ's Discord for years, shows up everywhere at wuhan once, and somehow still calls himself a PowerShell beginner. Meet Marcel.In this episode of PDQ Patch Notes, Brock and co-host Tara sit down with Marcel Lipovsky longtime PDQ community member, solo MSP operator based in Slovakia, and one of the most active voices in the PDQ Discord to talk about running a one-person IT shop, staying ahead of modern cybersecurity threats, and how he's using AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT to write code he's never written before.Topics covered: How Marcel built a solo MSP business from a computer shop job and ISP work in the late '90s Managing SMB clients without a hardware refresh cycle and running Windows 11 on 10-year-old machines Why Marcel patches systems as fast as possible and uses a personal test VM workflow before pushing to clients AI-driven security threats: prompt injection, browser extension poisoning, and GitHub repository compromises Marcel's real-world PDQ Connect workflow vs. PDQ Deploy & Inventory for an SMB client mount everest base What PDQ Connect still needs to reach full feature parity with Deploy & Inventory (email-attached reports, group filtering by substring) Using Claude croisire to build a working .NET 4.8 invoicing app from scratch with zero prior .NET experience Why Marcel calls PDQ his "blood type" after 15+ years as a customer, from Admin Arsenal v1.0 onward Rapid fire: GUI vs. CLI, on-prem vs. cloud, reboot first vs. troubleshoot first0:00 Introduction0:45 Marcel's IT Origin Story4:12 Running a Solo MSP8:33 Avoiding Burnout Solo11:03 Most Annoying IT Problem13:23 AI and Cybersecurity Fears 15:01 SMB Hardware Refresh Reality18:00 Patch Fast or Wait?24:13 AI Security Risks for SMBs30:54 PowerShell "Beginner" Marcel35:07 Building Apps with Claude37:25 How Marcel Found PDQ42:48 Marcel's PDQ Stack Today46:53 Should You Try Connect?51:24 Would You Do IT Again?53:38 Rapid Fire Round56:28 OutroCan't get enough PDQ? Subscribe and enable notifications! Join us on Discord!: Our blog: PDQ Connect free trial: The PowerShell Podcast: Reddit: X: @admarsenal Facebook: LinkedIn: Instagram: @pdqlife TikTok: @pdqlife#PDQConnect #sysadmin #informationtechnology #PDQ #ITAutomation #endpointmanagement #patchmanagement #MSP
Tag: #Matthew Schaefer, #iren, #cillian murphy, #detentionHe's been helping sysadmins on PDQ's Discord for years, shows up everywhere at wuhan once, and somehow still calls himself a PowerShell beginner. Meet Marcel.In this episode of PDQ Patch Notes, Brock and co-host Tara sit down with Marcel Lipovsky longtime PDQ community member, solo MSP operator based in Slovakia, and one of the most active voices in the PDQ Discord to talk about running a one-person IT shop, staying ahead of modern cybersecurity threats, and how he's using AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT to write code he's never written before.Topics covered: How Marcel built a solo MSP business from a computer shop job and ISP work in the late '90s Managing SMB clients without a hardware refresh cycle and running Windows 11 on 10-year-old machines Why Marcel patches systems as fast as possible and uses a personal test VM workflow before pushing to clients AI-driven security threats: prompt injection, browser extension poisoning, and GitHub repository compromises Marcel's real-world PDQ Connect workflow vs. PDQ Deploy & Inventory for an SMB client mount everest base What PDQ Connect still needs to reach full feature parity with Deploy & Inventory (email-attached reports, group filtering by substring) Using Claude croisire to build a working .NET 4.8 invoicing app from scratch with zero prior .NET experience Why Marcel calls PDQ his "blood type" after 15+ years as a customer, from Admin Arsenal v1.0 onward Rapid fire: GUI vs. CLI, on-prem vs. cloud, reboot first vs. troubleshoot first0:00 Introduction0:45 Marcel's IT Origin Story4:12 Running a Solo MSP8:33 Avoiding Burnout Solo11:03 Most Annoying IT Problem13:23 AI and Cybersecurity Fears 15:01 SMB Hardware Refresh Reality18:00 Patch Fast or Wait?24:13 AI Security Risks for SMBs30:54 PowerShell "Beginner" Marcel35:07 Building Apps with Claude37:25 How Marcel Found PDQ42:48 Marcel's PDQ Stack Today46:53 Should You Try Connect?51:24 Would You Do IT Again?53:38 Rapid Fire Round56:28 OutroCan't get enough PDQ? Subscribe and enable notifications! Join us on Discord!: Our blog: PDQ Connect free trial: The PowerShell Podcast: Reddit: X: @admarsenal Facebook: LinkedIn: Instagram: @pdqlife TikTok: @pdqlife#PDQConnect #sysadmin #informationtechnology #PDQ #ITAutomation #endpointmanagement #patchmanagement #MSP