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Software Development for Oshawa Teams

From our Vancouver studio we design and build web apps, mobile apps, full-stack systems and AI features for Oshawa organisations, then market them. Clients own every line of code, and progress is visible in a demo each week.

Remote from Vancouver, on-site when useful Weekly working demos Reply within one business day

build-orchestrator

main

src/

queue.ts

pool.ts

retry.ts

types.ts

index.ts

export interface BuildJob {

repo: string;

region: "ca-west-1";

}

export async function queue(

job: BuildJob,

): Promise<Run> {

return await pool.add(job);

212

Tests passed

0

Type errors

1.4s

Build time

Watching src/ — optimised rebuild on save

Oshawa, in short

Yes, and the whole engagement runs remotely from our Vancouver studio, with trips to Ontario when the work calls for it.Oshawa sits in Eastern Time, three hours ahead of us, which means your midday is the start of our day and standing calls live in the hours after it. We handle web development, web apps, Android and iOS apps, full-stack development, AI development and performance marketing.

Key facts

01Location
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
02Time zone
Eastern Time, three hours ahead of Vancouver
03Working hours overlap
Your day starts three hours before ours. From roughly noon until five in Oshawa we are both at our desks, and we open earlier in Vancouver whenever a morning meeting suits you better.
04Privacy law
PIPEDA for private-sector organisations; FIPPA/MFIPPA for public bodies; PHIPA for health information
05Accessibility
AODA: public-sector and private organisations with 50+ employees must make public websites and web content conform to WCAG 2.0 AA; we build to WCAG 2.2 AA, which exceeds it
06Languages
English

Built for Ontario

What Oshawa projects need us to get right.

The local rules and realities we design for from the first call.

01

Handling personal information carefully

Commercial work in Oshawa falls under PIPEDA, municipal and provincial bodies under FIPPA and MFIPPA, and anything touching patient records under PHIPA. We agree early which category each data set belongs to, then set collection, access, logging and retention rules to match.

PIPEDA · FIPPA and MFIPPA · PHIPA

02

Accessibility that survives real use

Under AODA, public-sector bodies and private organisations with 50 or more employees must bring public websites and web content to WCAG 2.0 AA. Our baseline is WCAG 2.2 AA, so forms, tables, gloved-hand tap targets and error messages are tested with a keyboard and a screen reader before release.

AODA · WCAG 2.2 AA · Assistive tech tested

03

Clear English for shift and public audiences

Oshawa operates in English, and the people using your product may be on a plant floor, in a clinic corridor or on a phone in a yard. We keep labels short, error text specific and instructions readable, and we test copy on the smallest screen you actually support.

English · Plain language

04

Where the data lives

For organisations that prefer Canadian infrastructure, we deploy to Canadian regions and record the location of every database, object store, backup and log stream, along with each third party in the chain. Accounts stay in your name so residency choices remain under your control.

Canadian hosting · Data residency

Sectors

Who we work with in Oshawa.

Automotive manufacturing

Assembly and supply chain teams need scheduling, quality records and supplier portals that hold up under shift pressure. We build interfaces that work on rugged tablets and slow networks, and integrate with the systems already running the line.

Energy and nuclear services

Service firms in the energy sector carry heavy documentation, inspection and traceability duties. We build systems with strict access control, complete audit trails and exports that stand up to review, and we keep the interface simple enough for field use.

Education

Colleges, schools and training providers want admissions forms, course information and student portals that hold together on a five year old phone. Staff edit the content themselves, search actually returns the right page, and the whole thing is built to WCAG 2.2 AA.

Health care

Clinics, practices and health services need booking, intake and referral flows that respect PHIPA. We design the shortest safe path for patients, keep personal information out of URLs and logs, and document exactly where each record is stored.

Process

Working with OlDevs from Oshawa.

  1. Discover

    A short series of Eastern Time video sessions to understand the operation, the systems already in place and the outcome Oshawa users need, ending with a scoped first release.

  2. Design

    We prototype in the browser so you can click through real screens on a plant tablet, a phone or a desktop, and we fix the awkward paths while they are still just a prototype.

  3. Build

    The same team builds it through to the end, shipping a working demo every week. Nothing is hidden until a big reveal, so course corrections cost days rather than months.

  4. Launch

    Data migration, release rehearsal, analytics checks and an accessibility pass come first. Go live is timed inside your Eastern Time working day, with us online for the hours around it.

  5. Grow

    We track how Oshawa users behave once it is live, remove the friction the analytics show, and add SEO, paid media, email and CRO work when growth is the priority.

FAQ

Oshawa — questions we hear first.

There is not. OlDevs is a Vancouver studio, founded in 2014, and Oshawa work is delivered remotely with video calls held in your time zone. We come to Ontario when a discovery workshop, a floor walkthrough or a launch is clearly better done face to face, but the day to day is remote by design.

It rarely does. Oshawa is three hours ahead, so we schedule meetings between noon and five your time, which is the start of our day. We reply to every enquiry within one business day, and the weekly demo means you always have something concrete to react to rather than a status update.

Usually yes. Most Oshawa projects involve an existing ERP, scheduling tool, student system or booking platform that has to stay. We look at what it exposes through APIs, files or database access, then build around it rather than proposing a replacement you did not ask for.

AODA sets WCAG 2.0 AA for public-sector bodies and private organisations with 50 or more employees. We build to WCAG 2.2 AA, which is a higher bar, and we test with a keyboard, a screen reader and contrast tools throughout the build. We are developers, not legal advisers, so your counsel should confirm what applies to you.

Yes. We can deploy to Canadian hosting regions and give you a written map of where the database, uploads, backups and logs sit, including any third-party services involved. Since the accounts belong to you, you can verify the setup yourself or change providers later without our permission.

You keep everything. Code, designs, accounts and intellectual property are yours throughout, not at the end of a final invoice. We document the architecture and deployment steps as we go, so an internal team or another studio can pick the work up without reverse engineering it.

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