John Finnerty builds practical software, automation and web systems.

Christchurch, NZ software developer and tech consultant. Explore Cookr, Care Finder Aotearoa, NZ Live Radio, Salience, case studies and source archives.

Systems dashboard

Project notes, source archives and consulting information.

Selected work

A curated project index: prototypes, public-interest tools, source archive pages and practical consulting work.

Cookr website setup screen for choosing practical meal-planning preferences

Cookr

Mobile-first cooking and meal-planning prototype with New Zealand context and practical household workflow thinking.

  • Web app
  • Meal planning
  • Prototype
Care Finder Aotearoa website homepage with guided contact and urgent-support guidance

Care Finder Aotearoa

Support-discovery prototype with careful wording, readable structure and clear non-official boundaries.

  • Support UX
  • Aotearoa NZ
  • Careful content
Screenshot evidence for the NZ Live Radio directory experiment

NZ Live Radio

Independent New Zealand radio directory experiment with source links, stream-health notes and directory design.

  • Directory
  • Streams
  • NZ context
Screenshot evidence for the RTL Radio C++ and Qt SDR project

RTL Radio

C++ and Qt SDR desktop project exploring spectrum UI, receiver diagnostics and careful scanner workflow boundaries.

  • C++ / Qt
  • SDR
  • Diagnostics
Aotearoa Police Accountability Archive homepage with case search, source, methodology and publication-caution links

Aotearoa Police Accountability Archive

Independent public-interest archive organizing sourced New Zealand Police accountability records, timelines, outcomes and methodology notes.

  • Public records
  • Research archive
  • Methodology
Salience Android prototype home screen with quick check-in and support-plan options

Salience

Private Android prototype note exploring low-friction personal check-ins, local-first thinking and careful interface language, with a privacy-reviewed public source snapshot.

  • Android
  • Prototype
  • Careful UX
John Finnerty Tech Consulting logo for the main website card

John Finnerty Tech Consulting

Christchurch small-business websites, DNS, email, networking, VoIP, fibre, documentation and support workflows.

  • Consulting
  • Web systems
  • Small business
John Finnerty source archive card

Source archive

Controlled public source archive for selected project snapshots, source pages, ZIPs and Git bundles.

  • Source pages
  • Project proof
  • Archive

Built around practical evidence

This site connects John Finnerty's current project notes, source archive, case studies and consulting pages into one readable portfolio. It is intentionally concise: the useful links are close to the surface, and the supporting detail lives on the project pages.