Independent digital engineering studio
Build what’s next.
Digital Solutions designs and builds web applications, WordPress solutions and business systems — directly with the engineer who writes the code.
- 31Projects documented
- 5Case studies
- 6Solution areas
01 Plan. Structure, content and constraints agreed first. 02 Build. Components, data and logic implemented and tested. 03 Ship. Released, checked and improved.
Our solutions
From planning a website to keeping it running.
01 · Your situation
Website Design & Development
You need a new website, a redesign or a landing page that works on every screen.
Responsive business websites and landing pages, from structure and navigation through to a polished, working build.
What you get
- Website structure and navigation planning
- Responsive implementation from your design or an agreed layout
- Landing and campaign pages
- Custom features, forms and interactive interfaces
- Redesign and modernization of an existing site
02 · Your situation
WordPress Development
Your site runs on WordPress and needs to be built, extended or repaired by someone who writes the code.
WordPress built like software: custom themes, plugins and integrations for content-rich, maintainable websites.
What you get
- New WordPress websites
- Theme and template customization
- Page-builder implementation and troubleshooting
- Custom plugins, shortcodes and dynamic templates
- Third-party integrations and forms
03 · Your situation
Website Migration & Modernization
Your site is moving host, platform or domain, or it has outgrown its current build.
Planned, verified moves between hosts and platforms, with search visibility and existing URLs kept in view.
What you get
- WordPress migrations and transfers between hosts
- Domain and DNS migration assistance
- Content, asset and database migration
- Rebuilding on a more suitable platform
- URL preservation, redirect and sitemap planning
- Post-migration verification checks
04 · Your situation
Hosting Setup & Deployment
Your site or application needs to be set up, released and kept deployable on the hosting you choose.
Hosting setup and deployment assistance on the provider you select, with a repeatable release process.
What you get
- Hosting selection and setup assistance
- Domain, DNS and SSL configuration assistance
- Git-based deployment and CI/CD pipeline setup
- Environment and application configuration
- Caching and CDN configuration where the provider supports it
- Backup and recovery planning
- Deployment troubleshooting and production-readiness checks
05 · Your situation
SEO, Performance & Accessibility
Your site is slow, hard to find or hard to use, and you want specific technical fixes.
Technical SEO, speed and accessibility work that is reviewed and measured rather than assumed.
What you get
- Technical SEO audit and fixes: metadata, structured data, sitemap, robots and redirects
- Indexability and crawlability checks
- Core Web Vitals, image, font and asset optimization
- Accessibility improvements: keyboard, contrast, labels and structure
- Search Console and analytics setup assistance
- SEO checks after a migration or redesign
06 · Your situation
Applications, Integrations & Automation
A manual process, spreadsheet or set of disconnected tools needs a dependable system.
Custom web applications, portals and integrations built around how a business actually operates.
What you get
- Custom Laravel web applications and portals
- Dashboards and internal tools
- REST API and third-party integrations
- Forms and workflow automation
- Reporting and data-driven features
Featured work
Real projects.
Real systems.
Selected engineering work from the project archive. Every card opens the full project page.
How we work
A thoughtful approach to digital engineering.
- 01
Understand
Clarify the users, the current workflow and the constraint worth solving.
- 02
Model & plan
Make the rules, data and boundaries explicit before building.
- 03
Build & validate
Implement in reviewable steps and test the paths that matter.
- 04
Ship & improve
Release deliberately, measure, and prepare for the next change.
Engineering Lab
Don’t just look. Change something.
Optional technical depth — clearly labelled working demonstrations of the practices behind delivery.
Demonstration
Structured inventory
Change a filter. Watch one dataset become a different view.
Demonstration
Business workflows
Review a record. See how permissions and state change its next action.
Demonstration
Messaging pipeline
Introduce a failure. Follow the recovery from retry to delivery.
Also explore The System — how employers, projects and technologies connect — the technology map, and how this website was built.
- Studio
- Digital Solutions
- Founder
- Christian Lugatiman
- Role
- Founder & Technical Lead
Founder-led studio
Work directly with the engineer.
Digital Solutions is an independent studio founded and led by Christian Lugatiman — Founder & Technical Lead, with 8+ years across websites, web applications and digital systems for clients in Australia, the United States and the Philippines.
- Laravel and PHP business systems — HR, publishing and messaging workflows
- WordPress engineering — custom themes, plugins and builder implementations
- Performance, technical SEO and accessibility, with AI-assisted engineering as a working practice
One senior engineer, direct access, no account layers between you and the person building your system.
Have a project in mind?
Let’s build something meaningful.
Tell me what needs to be built or fixed, and I’ll reply with a sensible next step.