About
The developer you’re actually working with.
Raymond Shiner
Hi — I'm Raymond.
I’m a professional software developer in Spokane Valley, Washington. I’ve spent my career building production software — the kind businesses run on every day — including years leading development teams. Shiner Software is that experience, pointed at the businesses in my own community.
Here’s what I kept noticing: small businesses get a bad deal on websites. The cheap options are templates you rent and never really own. The custom options cost agency prices and end with a handoff and a goodbye. Either way, when something breaks two years later, nobody picks up the phone.
I work differently. I build custom websites efficiently — using modern, AI-assisted development practices and systems I’ve refined across many builds — and then I stay. Your website becomes my responsibility, and you get direct access to the person who built it. Not an account manager. Not a support queue. Me.
TODO(raymond): add a personal paragraph — family, Spokane Valley roots, why local business matters to you. Nothing here should be invented on your behalf.
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The short version
- Professional software developer
- Experience leading development teams
- Modern, AI-assisted development practice
- Based in Spokane Valley, WA
- You work with me directly
How I think about the work
Three commitments.
Plain English
You'll never need to learn my vocabulary. I explain what matters in terms of your business, and skip what doesn't.
Your name on everything
Domains, accounts, code — owned by you, operated by me through access you can revoke. Leaving me never means losing your website.
Honest scope
If you don't need the bigger plan, I'll say so. If something will cost extra, you'll know before it happens — never after.
Next step
Let's talk.
The consultation is free and genuinely useful either way — worst case, you leave with a clearer picture of what your website needs.
Schedule a free consultation