I'm L.K. Wood IV. By day I'm a paramedic. The rest of the time I'm usually taking something apart or putting something together.
I've been building PCs since I was a kid — started with hand-me-down parts from my dad's office and never really stopped. That turned into building home servers, which turned into self-hosting everything I could, which turned into a rack in my closet that my girlfriend pretends doesn't exist. It's been about 13 years of this at this point.
I also write code. Not professionally — I'm an EMS guy, not a software engineer — but enough to automate things, break things, and occasionally fix them. The coding background is mostly self-taught and mostly motivated by being too stubborn to pay for software I could run myself.
Why This Site
I got tired of reading hardware recommendations that were clearly written by someone who'd never touched the product. Or articles that were obviously just affiliate link delivery vehicles dressed up as guides. Or Reddit threads from 2022 showing up in Google results like they're still relevant in 2026.
TechFuel HQ is the stuff I actually use, have opinions about, and can speak to from real experience. If I recommend something here, I own it or I've used it. If something sucks, I'll say that too.
What's Here
PC builds. Homelab projects. Monitor and hardware reviews. Self-hosting guides. Whatever I'm working on or thinking about at the time. The site will grow as I write more, but I'd rather have a few good articles than fifty mediocre ones.
Contact
If you want to reach me, email lk@techfuelhq.com. I read everything, though I might be on a 48-hour shift when you send it.