Los Angeles · Custom Web Development
Los Angeles web design built around your operations, not my portfolio.
Most LA organizations don't have a web problem — they have an operations problem that got handed to someone who builds websites. ShipyardLA builds custom web tools for organizations that need software running their operations: intake forms, compliance dashboards, integrations with the systems you already pay for, and AI workflows that do something real.
The thing you need built. Actually built.
Who this is for
Organizations that need software built right, not assembled from plugins.
- Executive directors and COOs at LA nonprofits running on HMIS, Bonterra ETO, or CalJOBS
- Operations leads at LA County vendors who report into multiple funder systems simultaneously
- Workforce development program managers who need intake tools that write directly to CalJOBS
- Mid-size companies running core operations on spreadsheets and software that hasn't been updated since 2014
- Ad agencies and marketing firms that need a technical build partner without the retainer overhead
What I build
Real deliverables. Fixed scope. Documented on handoff.
Intake and case management tools
Custom intake forms that write directly to CalJOBS, HMIS, or Salesforce NPSP. No double-entry. No PDFs saved to someone's desktop. Data goes where it needs to go, the first time.
Compliance and reporting dashboards
Multi-funder report assemblers, Measure A compliance trackers, board packet generators with AI-drafted narratives. Built for the reporting stack LA organizations actually run.
AI-assisted workflows
Case note translation, grant draft generation from prior applications, board report narratives from QuickBooks data. One validated use case at a time — not AI for its own sake.
System integrations
Bonterra ETO, QuickBooks Online, HMIS, CalJOBS, Salesforce NPSP. Built custom to your data model, documented, and maintainable by anyone with basic technical knowledge.
How this is different
ShipyardLA builds production-grade custom software on Rails and Elixir — not templates, not assembled from plugins. The codebase is yours, the documentation is real, and the handoff is designed so any competent engineer can maintain what was built. No ongoing dependency. No locked-in contracts. Built by someone with nonprofit sector background and 13 years of production engineering in Los Angeles.
How it works
Fixed scope. Fixed price. Clear ship date.
- 01
Technical audit
2–3 weeks. I map what you're actually running, document the gaps, and produce a written roadmap: what to fix, what to defer, what to replace. Fixed fee.
- 02
Scoped build
4–12 weeks. One defined project, fixed price, fixed timeline. Scope is agreed in writing before a line of code is written.
- 03
Handoff and support
Documentation, video walkthroughs, and a training call. Ongoing support available as a retainer — but never required to keep the software running.
Book a 30-minute technical audit.
Walk away with a plain-language assessment of what you have, what it's costing you, and what to build first. No pitch. No retainer proposal.