Active developmentAndroid / desktop
PrintR
Android-to-Windows and Linux local printing, documented through real screenshots, automated checks and a clearly scoped hands-on printer check.
Christchurch, New Zealand project portfolio
Selected projects by John Finnerty
A curated set of software, radio, public-interest, automation and web-system project notes. Each entry separates current evidence from work-in-progress status and known limitations.
Software and mobile
Interfaces built around practical decisions
Private prototypes and development notes that show interface, workflow and implementation thinking without presenting early work as a finished product.
Private prototypeAndroid
Salience
Explores low-friction personal check-ins, clear interface wording and local-first design thinking.
Early-stage prototypeWeb application
Cookr
Mobile-first cooking and meal-planning work focused on everyday decision friction and New Zealand context.
Historical prototypeDiagnostics
Project Jaunt
A playback diagnostics console exploring privacy-conscious logging, troubleshooting exports and readable fault evidence.
Radio and SDR
Receiver interfaces and directory experiments
Technical notes spanning a local C++/Qt SDR desktop prototype and an independent New Zealand radio-directory experiment.
Private prototypeC++ / Qt
RTL Radio
Desktop SDR work covering spectrum display, receiver diagnostics, scanner workflows and explicit capability limits.
Directory experimentNew Zealand
NZ Live Radio
An independent radio directory experiment with broadcaster-source links, stream-health notes and non-affiliation boundaries.
Public-interest and data
Careful source and boundary design
Exploratory tools and archives where source clarity, non-official status and publication limits matter as much as the interface.
Support-discovery prototypeNon-official
Care Finder Aotearoa
Explores readable support discovery, careful wording and clear urgent-help and non-official boundaries.
Private prototypeCivic data
NZ Political Promise Tracker
Private civic-data prototype, documented through project notes and a source snapshot.
Earlier websitePublic data
Code Red Aotearoa
Earlier healthcare-awareness website based on published New Zealand sources, retained with source references and project notes.
Independent archiveNon-official
Aotearoa Police Accountability Archive
An independent archive project with visible source, methodology and publication-caution pathways.
Project proof paths
Context, evidence and source references
The portfolio hub provides the short status view. Longer case studies explain decisions and limitations, while the source archive keeps static project references and downloads separate from public-facing claims.