We host work experience students at Orca Scan. This year I mentored one myself.Schools teach programming theory, maybe some Python. Students rarely leave with something to show their friends. When I started coding on a ZX Spectrum, I typed in listings from INPUT magazine. Tweak a number, get more lives, you’re hooked. I wanted that same effect.So I pulled the JS engine we built for OrcaCam out...
Hello HN. I built OrcaCam, a Flappy Bird style game where you control an orca and dodge columns while learning surprising facts about innovations that came out of Cambridge, UK (DNA, IVF, the webcam etc). The top score is visible in a shopping center in Cambridge City center for the next few months.I’m using pure JS (ES5), no frameworks. It’s a fully offline-capable PWA, using a service worker....
Orca Scan lets companies build enterprise barcode systems without code.
We're looking for a Technical Author -> https://orcascan.com/jobs/seo-focused-technical-writer-5e14e...
Orca Scan lets companies build barcode systems without code.
We have two roles: full-time UX/UI Designer and part-time Bookkeeper.
Learn more and apply at https://orcascan.com/jobs
Orca Scan allows companies to build a barcode system without code, using any device.
Apply -> https://orcascan.com/jobs/full-stack-javascript-developer-c0...
Orca Scan lets companies build a barcode system without code. You can read a bit about our journey at https://orcascan.com/about-us
We have two roles: Customer Success Manager (ideally US timezones) and Junior Web Developer.
For more info and to apply, please visit https://orcascan.com/jobs
This was my third attempt at business (2 failures), I was a sole founder and knew it was going to be hard, so I needed a name that would motivate me through the inevitable tough times, time away from family etc.
I arrived at "Orca" as it's the first letter of my children's names, in age order [O]wen, [R]hys, [C]aitlin and [A]na.
I then simply needed to add another word that would make it unique (i.e. available as a domain and unused in the app stores); as this is a barcode scanner app, "Scan" was a no brainer.
I've spent ~5 years on this project (from side project to business) and almost changed the name a few times, as it somehow never felt "serious" enough. That was until I was on a call one day with a customer and they used it as a verb "Hey Billy, make sure you Orca that pallet", at that point I realised, regardless of what you call it, it probably only feels right once you've built the product and business around it.
Orca Scan started life as a simple barcode scanner app to help a teenager with his summer job and evolved into a no-code barcode system used by 20,000 organisations worldwide.
We're a small, agile team working with over 150k users to iterate the product and need a great designer to help visually communicate what we're building.
Apply at https://orcascan.com/jobs/video-editor-graphic-designer
Surely the solution to this is Progressive Web Apps, WebGL etc? At some point, they’ll distrust themselves