ShipwrightDigital

For the jobs where off-the-shelf software runs out

When the tools you can buy don’t fit how you actually work, you either bend your business around them or build something that fits. We build the thing that fits.

Every growing business eventually hits the wall where the software they can buy stops matching how they work. That’s where custom development earns its keep: connecting the tools you already use, automating the parts that don’t need a human, and building the piece that doesn’t exist yet.

Our background is production systems for Maritime businesses, from health platforms to live data sites like ERstat.ca. We take on integration, migration, and custom-build work across Canada and the US, scoped and quoted per project so you know the number before it starts. Honest assessments, realistic timelines, and code that works.

Production systems for Maritime businesses: health platforms, hosting infrastructure, integrations, and the odd 2 a.m. emergency fix. The public example is ERstat.ca, a live national data site built and run in-house.

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The kind of work we take on

  • Custom web applications for the workflow no off-the-shelf product handles.
  • System and API integrations: Twilio voice and SMS, payments, bookings, or the two tools in your business that refuse to talk to each other.
  • AI integrations: quotes drafted from voicemails, invoices read straight into your books, an assistant that answers from your own documents.
  • Cloud architecture and cost optimization on AWS and Cloudflare, from a shop that runs its own production infrastructure.
  • Legacy migrations, emergency fixes, and performance tuning: aging systems brought current, slow sites sped up, and help when something is down.

Scoped and quoted per projectEverything starts with a free call and a flat written number, before any work begins.

Questions about custom software & integrations

Do you work with businesses outside Nova Scotia?

Yes. Custom software, integrations, and hosting are location-independent, so we take on that work anywhere in Canada and the US.

Do you outsource the work?

No. Design, development, and hosting all stay in-house, and there’s no account manager or ticket queue between you and the work.

Can you take over an existing system?

Often, yes. We’ll review what you have and tell you honestly whether it’s worth extending or worth replacing, before you spend anything.

What clients say

5.0 on Google from 3 reviews

  • Amazing work, always goes the extra mile.

    The Birch Street Homestead
  • Amazing work! Friendly, hassle free service. Highly recommend

    Jeremy L.
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Describe the job the software isn’t doing

Plain language is fine; you don’t need to know what the fix looks like. You’ll get an honest read on whether it’s worth building.

Every one gets a personal reply within one business day. Prefer to talk? (902) 500-5622.

Rather talk it through?

The call is free and takes twenty minutes, and you still get a flat written quote before anything begins.

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