A / 01Marketing websites
Breakdance
For simpler marketing websites: a fast, clean build with a visual system that stays lightweight and easy for a team to run day to day.
Websites · Digital products · Custom platforms
Useful websites and digital products,thoughtfully built.
Digital Destiny is an independent web and digital product company. We design and build websites, custom platforms and practical digital systems for businesses and agency partners.
Behind Destiny Elements · Family Day Out · Rust Reference
01 / A note on the work
Good work is often collaborative.
Much of Digital Destiny's work is delivered alongside trusted agency partners. Some projects stay quietly behind the scenes, so this is a considered selection of the work that can be shared publicly.
Working with AI
AI accelerates. It doesn't replace.
AI doesn't replace developers. Used with judgement, it speeds up development, widens creative range and streamlines day-to-day operations. In practice that means considered, quality websites built faster and at a lower cost, without cutting corners.
02 / Selected work
A focused body of work.
Strategy · Design · Development
Linked Wellness
A calm, credible identity and product story for a platform making financial wellbeing easier to act on.
MediaCube
A content-rich home for an innovation centre, with application journeys and a flexible custom content structure behind the scenes.
Linked Financial
A full financial services website paired with custom insurance quote engines that turn complex journeys into clear next steps.
STS Builders
A new identity and confident website designed to give a growing construction business a sharper, more trusted presence.
GFL
A clearer brand system and focused marketing site for straightforward, long-term financial advice.
Destiny Elements
A product-led website for a growing library of professional Breakdance components used across thousands of WordPress websites.
03 / Independent products
Built here. Growing independently.
Products, platforms and independent projects created and operated here
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Family Day Out
A recommendation engine for Irish families that matches day-trip ideas to children's ages, travel distance, budget and even the weather.
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Destiny Elements
A growing library of professional components that expands what designers can build with Breakdance.
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Rust Reference
An API-powered search and reference platform, currently the most visited product in the portfolio.
rust.destiny.ie04 / How we build
Two ways to build in WordPress.
Breakdance · Gutenberg + ACF
A / 02Editorial platforms
Gutenberg + ACF
For more involved builds: real control for editors over content and layout, so pages can grow and change without breaking the design or the site.
Where the custom WordPress work happens
Custom themes
Hand-crafted from the ground up to reduce plugin dependencies — leaner, faster sites with full control over markup, styling and performance.
Gutenberg
The block editor extended with custom blocks and patterns, so editors build pages inside a controlled design system.
ACF
Structured fields and content modelling that keep complex layouts editable — without touching code or breaking the design.
The WordPress build stack
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WordPress engineering
WordPress core
Custom themesHand-built from scratch to cut plugin dependencies and keep sites fast and maintainable.Custom pluginsBespoke functionality built the WordPress way, so features live in code rather than fragile add-ons.
Gutenberg · Custom post types · Custom taxonomies · Hooks & filters · WordPress REST API
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Plugin stack
ACFCustom fields and flexible content models that give editors structure without breaking layouts.Gravity FormsCustom forms wired into APIs and third-party services, with custom fields and real validation.WP Grid BuilderFaceted, filtered search — including custom facets built beyond the plugin and wired back into it.
WooCommerce · WP All Import · WP All Export · SearchWP · WPML · Weglot · Yoast SEO · Rank Math · WP Rocket · Wordfence · Consent management
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Additional builder experience
OxygenBricks
Fusion Builder · WPBakery · Divi · Elementor
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Development workflow
GitHubVS Codenpm
Git · Composer · WP-CLI
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Hosting
SiteGround
WP Engine · GoDaddy · LetsHost.ie
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Accessibility
WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 AAAccessibility testing
axe · Pa11y · Keyboard navigation · Screen readers (NVDA / VoiceOver) · ARIA & semantic HTML · Colour contrast
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Integrations and automation
StripeSlackAI and LLM APIs
SharePoint · OneDrive · Box · Power Automate · Tree-Nation API · SafetyCulture API · DeepL API · Google Cloud Translation API
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Analytics & monitoring
Google Analytics 4Matomo
Google Search Console · Lighthouse
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Cloud and infrastructure
AWSCI/CD
AWS EC2 · AWS Cognito · AWS DocumentDB · Linux · Apache · Certbot · SSL · Security headers
- Markup & styling
- HTML · CSS · LESS · Sass · Tailwind
- Languages & runtime
- JavaScript · TypeScript · PHP · Node.js
- Frameworks
- React · Next.js · Laravel
- Libraries
- GSAP · Swiper
- Data
- MySQL · PostgreSQL · Prisma
- Build & testing
- Webpack · Vite · Gulp · Playwright
05 / About
Built by Artur Burkalo
Direct expertise and hands-on delivery, without the handoffs.
Digital Destiny is an independent web solutions company led by Artur Burkalo. You work directly with the person shaping the structure, design and build, keeping decisions clear and the work moving.
The focus is on translating complex requirements into calm, dependable digital experiences: simple for the people using them and practical for the teams managing them.
06 / Testimonials
Trusted by clients and peers.
Words from people I've worked with
Artur recently helped me out with some custom code for my website. He quickly grasped the brief and delivered some quality code in no time at all. I will definitely work with Artur again. It is hard to find good devs, so I would highly recommend Artur for your next web project.
Shoutout to Artur Burkalo and his Destiny Elements for Breakdance. He's released a text accordion today which supports ACF repeater, smooth transitions and FAQ schema markup. As you'll see from the comments in his group, he's very receptive to feedback for enhancements or new elements.
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