What We Build

We bring our experience from the international development, federal contracting, and publishing sectors to distill technology into tools and answers for people. We integrate our delivery and passion with your mission and people while operating through an approach that is multidisciplinary and agile, evolving with your needs. We are founded on building comfortable relationships, working towards common goals - we are driven by our craft, not by profits. We do this by working openly, innate curiosity, and always giving our partners perfection.

Data Visualization

Decision Applications

Mapping & GIS

Monitoring & Evaluation

Project Design & Management

R&D

How We Build: Approach

The basis of our approach is to understand where you want to be, not just the problems your organization currently faces. We look at more than your technology stack - we talk to you and get a clear record of the pain points. We talk through some ideas, run a few concepts up the flagpole, and then develop a strategy that suits your specific problem. We don't build around tools, software, or systems - we build around you. And then we stick around to ensure you're happy and that the solution is successful. Sounds all cute, but that's how we make it work well for you.

  • Open source and custom where appropriate
  • Agile methodology
  • Reliable and secure platforms
  • Built to hand over, designed to be sustainable
  • Creative design
  • Grit, trust, and ingenuity.

How We Build: Tools

We are entirely tool agnostic and prefer to select the right technology for your specific need. If your situation requires a new system, we can assist with testing and approvals processes. Often, we use the following list, but we don't limit ourselves to it.

  • Code (JavaScript, Python, HTML5, etc.)
  • Cloud infrastructure & services
  • Databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ... )
  • GIS ("Geographic Information Systems", ArcGIS and open source)
  • Data and system security
  • Network, spatial, and statistical analysis

Things We’ve Built

The capabilities above are not theoretical. These are our own products — designed, built, and run by us, from the data model to the deploy.

Tipply’s flavour fingerprint charts, plotting three cocktails across strength, dilution, volume, sweetness, acidity and bitterness

Tipply since 2020

A cocktail recommender built around what is actually on your shelf — stock your bar once, then see every drink you can pour right now.

2,000+ recipes charted as flavour fingerprints. Mobile-first, and the reads work offline.

tipply.app
An Ayten itinerary from Edinburgh to Ullapool: the route drawn across a map of Scotland above a day-by-day plan

Ayten

Describe a trip — cities, dates, pace, who you are travelling with — and get a day-by-day itinerary you can actually follow.

Every venue validated against real places, ratings and travel times. Routing, weather and lodging on one canvas.

ayten.app
Screenshot coming

Dowzr

Pick a theme and walk. Dowzr scores a route to somewhere worth arriving at, then guides you by arrow and haptics — with no map on screen.

Built for iOS and Android. Deliberately heads-up: the phone stays in your pocket.

In development

Who is Build Affect

Brody Dittemore

Brody Dittemore

Solutions Architect

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