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About Forgeline
Professional digital solutions, delivered directly
Forgeline Technologies designs, develops and supports websites, web applications, e-commerce and custom software for businesses that need reliable technology without unnecessary layers between the brief and the build.
Our story
Why this studio exists
Over six years working with agencies and enterprise teams across Australia and New Zealand, I kept watching the same projects fail the same way. They ran over budget. They shipped something that did not match what the business actually needed. Some never launched at all. The ones that did were handed over badly enough that nobody could maintain them afterwards.
Almost none of it was a technical problem. It was distance — between the person who understood the requirement and the person writing the code, with enough people in between that the brief arrived unrecognisable.
Forgeline is the correction. Scope agreed before work starts. A price you approve up front. Clean code, a clean handover, and a product that actually goes live.
That is also why the team stays focused. Everyone on a project has a name and a defined responsibility — the moment it needs a layer of management to run, the thing that makes it worth hiring is gone.
Raymund Hermoso
Founder & Lead Developer
The people behind the project
Clear roles, clear communication and direct responsibility. You know who you are talking to, who is managing the project, and who is building it.
Raymund Hermoso
Founder & Lead Developer
Founded the studio and leads its technical direction. Responsible for how work is scoped, built and delivered.
Romeo D. Lobaton Jr.
Project Manager
Your main point of contact. Handles client communication, meetings and project coordination, and keeps requirements moving from discussion into delivery.
Mark C. Balinario
Web Developer
Web development and implementation. Builds the agreed requirements, and maintains what ships once it is live.
Track record
What we have delivered
17 projects delivered for businesses in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the Philippines, across websites, web applications, e-commerce and custom software.
- Years building
- 6+
- Projects shipped
- 17
- Countries served
- 4
Technology
Technology that fits the job
We do not force every project into the same stack. The recommendation follows the requirements — what the system has to do, what it must connect to, how it needs to perform, and who will maintain it after launch. WordPress is the right answer more often than developers like to admit, and the wrong one when a business needs software rather than pages.
- Front-end
What your customers see and use. Built to stay fast on a phone, which is where most of them are.
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Vue
- Tailwind CSS
- jQuery
- Back-end
Where accuracy matters most — accounts and logins, business rules, and payments.
- PHP
- Laravel
- Node.js
- REST APIs
- Commerce & CMS
Used where the platform genuinely earns its keep, and skipped where it would get in the way.
- WordPress
- WooCommerce
- Shopify
- Data
Your data is structured around how the business actually works, so the system stays maintainable as it grows.
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Tooling & Delivery
How changes reach your live site safely, and how they are reversed if something is wrong.
- Git
- Docker
- Vercel
- Figma
Working together
Who we work best with
And who we are not the right fit for. Saying so up front saves a conversation that was never going to go anywhere.
A good fit
- Businesses that need a website or application built properly and launched, rather than an open-ended design conversation.
- Teams that want to speak with the people writing the code rather than through an account manager.
- Businesses inheriting a project that was left unfinished, or a site that has become impossible to maintain.
- Agencies that need a development partner able to take a service line and deliver it.
Probably not a fit
- Programmes that need a large team working in parallel across many workstreams at once.
- Work where the scope genuinely cannot be established before it starts — a fixed price stops being honest there.
- Buyers looking for the cheapest possible quote rather than something maintainable afterwards.
The Forgeline Promise
What you can expect from us
Five commitments that apply to every project, all of them things within our control. The full version, with what each one means in practice, is on the homepage.
- 01
Clear scope
You know what is being built before development starts.
- 02
Direct communication
You work directly with the people building your project, not through a relay.
- 03
Built for production
We build for launch, not for a demonstration.
- 04
No surprises
Changes are discussed before they become work.
- 05
You own the result
The code, the accounts and the documentation are yours.
Agreed before we start. Supported after we launch.
Two ways to start
You know what you need
Start a project
Send the details and you get a reply from a developer who would work on it. If it is a fit, the next step is a call and a fixed quote. If it is not, you will be told that instead.
You know something is wrong
Book a Build Audit
For when the problem is clear but the right solution is not. We establish what is actually wrong, what is worth keeping and what to do first — before anyone quotes you for a rebuild.
Either way: a fixed price agreed before work starts, and you own everything at the end of it.
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