John Finnerty

JF

Christchurch, New Zealand

John Finnerty

Christchurch software developer, technology consultant and practical digital problem-solver.

This profile brings together John's consulting site, portfolio, source archive, code profile and selected project notes so visitors can understand the work and follow the evidence.

Christchurch context, current project notes and direct links to the places where the work is documented.

About

Practical support for clear technical progress

John is based in Christchurch, New Zealand and helps people get unstuck with websites, email, DNS, devices, local visibility and small software or automation jobs. The work is practical: understand the problem, fix the immediate blocker and leave clear notes so the system is easier to run afterwards.

He works best where technical details need to become plain next steps. That might mean setting up a clean web presence, tightening search basics, sorting account or email issues, checking hosting records or shaping a lightweight tool for a recurring workflow.

This profile keeps the key proof points in one place. It links to the business site, portfolio, Source archive and public project notes without turning early-stage work into launch-style claims.

Public-interest and civic-oriented projects are presented with careful status language, so visitors can see what is live, what is exploratory and where to verify the context. The aim is steady, useful progress without unnecessary complexity.

Selected projects

Current software, radio and public-interest project notes

Care Finder Aotearoa

An in-development New Zealand support-information prototype exploring clearer first steps to established services.

Care Finder project notes

Cookr

An early-stage mobile-first cooking and meal-planning prototype with practical product and interface notes.

Cookr project notes

NZ Live Radio

An independent New Zealand radio directory experiment with broadcaster links, clear listing discipline and stream-health notes.

NZ Live Radio project notes

RTL Radio

C++ and Qt SDR desktop project notes covering spectrum UI, receiver diagnostics and scanner workflow experiments with careful capability boundaries.

RTL Radio project note

Aotearoa Police Accountability Archive

An independent public-interest archive with source, methodology and publication-caution pages.

Open the APAA project

Professional focus

Practical support where teams need reliable progress

Small business technology support

Clear first-response and practical planning for internet, device and process blockers.

Email, accounts and cloud systems

Email setup, account cleanup, migration support and simple handover notes.

Websites, search basics and local presence

Reliable static-first websites, profile links, clean metadata and local relevance foundations.

Practical software and automation projects

Small, usable internal tools and workflow automations that reduce repetition and risk.

Contact

Start a practical conversation

If you have a scoped web, software or technical support request, the profile links above provide direct pathways to John's operational context.