Orca Solutions

Make the
moving parts
make sense.

An independent software studio. Products, open tools, and custom systems that make complicated things useful.

Explore the work Bring a problem

Founded and led by Jason Fricano

An abstract orca sculpture assembled from curved black and ivory forms around a vivid vermilion cylinder.

Useful takes different forms.

Selected work / 01—04

01

Roost

A personal film library, thoughtfully organized.Live app

Personal film library / Product

Every film.
A place of its own.

Keep films, favorites, and personal lists together in a library built for browsing, sorting, and rediscovery.

Open Roost

The live app is now available. Create an account to start your library.

From the early browser demo
Roost’s early browser demo showing a dark-themed film library with fictional films and custom lists.
Roost / Early browser demo
02

iYosi

A clearer answer to a local question.In development

Local information / Mobile pilot

A local question.
A clearer answer.

A pilot exploring clearer information about designated and reported smoking areas in Metro Manila. Making that distinction visible is part of the product.

View the landing preview

In development. The preview is not a released mobile app.

From the landing preview
iYosi landing preview with the heading Know more before you go and an illustrative phone screen distinguishing reviewed designated areas from unverified community reports.
iYosi / Actual landing preview
03

StreamOtter

Live information that knows when it is out of date.Release candidate

Live application state / Open tool

Fresh information.
Honest signals.

Kafka-backed state for browser applications, with explicit signals when a view is stale. Explore it through a fictional watershed demo that makes a real streaming pipeline visible.

Explore StreamOtter
From the project website
StreamOtter website showing Live state from Kafka to the browser, Never silently wrong, the otter artwork, and links to the live demo and getting-started guide.
StreamOtter / Actual project website
04

Personal Treasury

A clearer view of money in motion.Browser demo

Household finance / Product

See where the
money stands.

Plans, transfers, and reconciliation in one household finance tool—with a history you can follow.

Try the browser demo

Explore a fictional household. Demo changes stay in this browser tab and disappear when it closes.

From the browser demo
Personal Treasury dashboard showing fictional household finances, transfers, and account allocations.
Personal Treasury / Browser demo

An index of the studio’s work. Open a project to inspect the details.

02 / The studio

A small studio.
A name on
the work.

Orca Solutions is founded and led by Jason Fricano.

It is the home for the products, open tools, and custom software he designs and builds. Product decisions, architecture, and delivery have a clear owner.

The work starts with what needs to become clearer: a decision, a workflow, a changing system. Then comes software that makes the next step possible.

Make room for what’s possible.

We build software that clears the way for your ideas to grow.

03 / Your moving parts

What needs to
make sense?

A workflow that resists the tools. A product that needs to exist. A system ready for its next chapter.

Bring the situation.
Start with a conversation.

Email Jason