Case studies

Anonymized examples from real client work.

Not every business wants to be named publicly. Many examples here are therefore intentionally described by situation and business impact instead of client name.

DNS rescue

Industrial distributor, Bavaria

Situation

Billing and supplier mail stopped after a registrar move wiped SPF, DKIM and MX records.

Business impact

Invoices and supplier communication stopped landing, creating same-day operational risk.

Fix

Rebuilt the DNS zone from exports, restored SPF/DKIM/DMARC, verified MX routing with Microsoft 365 and monitored delivery for 48 hours.

Result

Outgoing and incoming invoices landed again the same day and the accounting backlog was cleared overnight.

Stack / tools

Cloudflare DNS, Microsoft 365, DMARC monitoring, manual log review.

Timeframe

Same-day fix

Handover / deliverable

DNS records, mail-routing notes and a short recovery summary.

VPS cleanup

Boutique studio, Rhine-Main

Situation

Five production sites ran on an unmanaged Debian VPS with root-level scripts nobody trusted.

Business impact

Deployments were risky, outages were hard to trace and nobody wanted to touch production.

Fix

Provisioned a fresh Debian 12 host, containerised each project, added automated backups, tightened SSH access and documented deploy/runbooks.

Result

Deployments are predictable, SSL renewals automatic and the studio finally knows what runs where.

Stack / tools

Debian 12, Docker, Nginx, UFW, Hetzner Cloud, GitHub Actions.

Timeframe

1.5 days including handover

Handover / deliverable

Runbooks, access notes and documented deployment flow.

Website rebuild

Consulting duo, Berlin

Situation

A dated template with broken forms made the firm look unreliable and lost mobile enquiries.

Business impact

Prospects could not trust the site and mobile leads were being lost quietly.

Fix

Redesigned the offer, wrote focused service copy, rebuilt the site in Next.js with bilingual content and hardened hosting.

Result

Qualified enquiries returned within 48 hours of launch and edits no longer break layouts.

Stack / tools

Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Vercel, Cloudflare proxy, documented CMS handover.

Timeframe

3 weeks including approvals

Handover / deliverable

Editable content structure, launch checklist and update notes.

Email failover

Property manager, Hamburg

Situation

MX records still pointed to the old host after a rushed migration, so tenant notices vanished.

Business impact

Important notices disappeared and normal communication with tenants became unreliable.

Fix

Audited registrar history, synchronised DNS TTLs, configured fallback routing, added SPF/DKIM with the new provider and set up catch-all monitoring.

Result

Inbox loss stopped immediately and the manager now has a documented playbook for future moves.

Stack / tools

Netcup DNS, Google Workspace, Mail-Tester, uptime and SMTP monitoring.

Timeframe

4-hour remote session

Handover / deliverable

Migration playbook, verified DNS records and follow-up checks.

Live project proof

Baumservice Ott

Complete delivery of the website: design, build, VPS setup, deployment pipeline, DNS and SSL.

  • Provisioned and secured a dedicated VPS for the project
  • Connected domain and DNS with clean routing and fallback records
  • Configured Nginx reverse proxy with automatic SSL certificates
  • Designed and implemented the production Next.js marketing site
External live site

The site runs on its own VPS, loads quickly and can be updated without downtime thanks to a documented deployment setup.

Visit baumservice-ott.com