Technology is not neutral.
We partner with tech companies, nonprofits, and other institutions on projects that promote a more just digital landscape for all users. As developers of web standards and digital products, we are uniquely positioned to build technologies that prioritize choice, safety, and inclusivity.
What we do
We build inclusive technology tailored to the needs of our clients and those most impacted by that technology.
Strategy
Algorithmic Justice League tapped us to build a roadmap, recruit co-designers, and develop a prototype for the Community Reporting of Algorithmic System Harms.
Product Development
We built more accessible resources for Stop LAPD Spying by interviewing impacted community members and creating a website that meets their varied needs.
Web Platform
We partner with Apple, Google, Igalia, Microsoft, and Mozilla to bolster interoperability on the web with Interop 2024 across 17 focus areas.
Why Bocoup
Even superheroes need a secret weapon. For the team at the Algorithmic Justice League, Bocoup is ours. As a tiny but mighty non-profit, we have worked with Bocoup for years to build internal and external systems, custom visualizations, prototypes and more. Not only do they provide excellent development services, but they also have proven to be invaluable thought partners and co conspirators. If you want to work with a values-based organization that values attention to detail and robust execution, Bocoup will rise to the occasion and exceed your expectations.
Dr. Joy Buolamwini
Author of Unmasking AI and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League
Bocoup has been a tremendous support in building our digital capacity at Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. Their attention to detail and collaborative spirit ensuring community participation has been an important factor in creating products that are accessible, inclusive, and deeply engaging. We highly recommend Bocoup and wish them success.
Hamid Khan
Organizer at Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
We went to Bocoup because of their demonstrated success in the world of Scratch. From design to hand-off they delivered the knowledge, creativity, and technical expertise needed to meet our short-term goals and ultimately, the tools and knowledge we need to continue to grow the project into the future.
Ian Honohan
Software Development Manager at Vernier
Your team has shown the same productivity, independent drive for excellence, and good judgment under ambiguity that I expect from Googlers!
Rick Byers
Web Platform Area Tech Lead on Chrome at Google
It was really fruitful working with Boaz and the Bocoup team for the ongoing WPT Accessibility Interop project. Bocoup’s efforts contributed to the group tripling its expected test authoring output in 2023, and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish together in 2024.
James Craig
Accessibility Standards Manager at Apple
Living our values
We are in the process of becoming worker-owned, have shifted to a four-day workweek, and continue to educate each other and ourselves. The products, platforms, processes, and features we choose to develop and contribute to are guided by our commitment to…
Accessibility & Inclusion
We build and contribute to projects that improve access and ease of use for marginalized users, including but not limited to non-native English speakers/ readers, folks with varying levels of ability, assistive technology users, undocumented folks, and those for whom technology is not typically designed. Our entire team is trained in accessible and inclusive web application development, ensuring that these values are built into anything we deliver to you.
Collaborative Communities
We participate meaningfully in governing standards bodies like MDN and WCAG by encouraging diversity of opinion, and representation beyond big tech. We prioritize interoperability in the way we build, test, and maintain our work to promote a reliable, consistent, and usable experience across the web and assistive technologies.
Harm Reduction & Repair
We commit to partnerships or projects that directly address instances of harm, including but not limited to racial justice, climate and environmental justice, and consent. We envision a future in which companies, together with people, build technology that prioritizes transparency around how data is collected and used, mitigates bias in technology systems, and shifts power and control to the people who use the technology and are often most harmed by it.
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Recent from the Blog
Announcing the Privacy Stack for Remix
As part of our ongoing commitment to building a more just digital landscape, we have been thinking a lot about privacy this year. We’ve also been trying out Remix and though we wish the project was still working towards a renderer-agnostic architecture, we appreciate its reliance on web standards. Many technologists care about privacy and […]
How to run a DIY node server in 2024
We have been deploying node apps to VPS and bare metal at Bocoup for almost 15 years, and with the growing number of full service hosting platforms, we thought this would be a good time to document how to do it yourself in 2024 for those of you who would still like to. We think […]
Full Stack Web Push API Guide
Push notifications are supported across major browsers, and with their recent addition to iOS last year, they are a compelling integration for the web. We recently built an installable web application with push notifications called Robert’s App (read the iOS install instructions to test it out). We built the application with remix.run and implemented notifications […]
Remix.run at Bocoup
Remix.run entered the mix of frameworks we’re using at Bocoup for a little over a year, and it’s been a huge lift in our velocity, enabling us to do things like offer free prototypes. We’re going to be posting a series of blog posts about parts of our workflow, and wanted to start with an […]
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