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BasedHouston · St. Louis
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HelloDesign + Engineering
Websites andapplications,shipped on a date.
Gerald Raines. One designer, one engineer, the same person. Websites, web applications, and the AI and automation that go inside them. Fixed price, fixed timeline, three meetings between the first call and launch. Select a build to see the day it goes live.
View pricing →Selected work
01 · Basic site · 10 days
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02 · Advanced site · 14 days
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03 · Web application · 21 to 30 days
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Forty-two seconds. The whole offer.
What gets built, what it costs, and the three meetings between the first call and launch. Sound on.
Selected work
Production systems with real users, not brochure pages.
Platforms used in schools, a marketplace, a developer tool, a memorial product, and dozens of personal and realtor sites. Each designed and engineered end to end.
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Reflect & Restore
K-12 platform · AI guidedNext.js · Supabase · Vercelreflectandrestore.com↗002
The Warm Demander
Classroom culture systemNext.js · Supabasethewarmdemanderbook.com↗003
Quandry
Web applicationNext.js · Postgresquandry.app↗004
The Trade Plug
MarketplaceFull stackthetradeplug.com↗005
Altara Heights
Brand & webCustom buildaltaraheights.com↗006
Forever Pages
Memorial & celebration pagesNext.js · Stripeforeverpages.app↗007
Merge Monkey
Developer toolTypeScriptmergemonkey.tech↗
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Dozens of personal sites for individuals, realtors, and realtor groups: listings, lead capture, agent profiles, booking, and team pages.
RealtorsRealtor groupsAuthorsConsultantsMinistriesNonprofitsPersonal brands
AI & Automation
Sites that think. Work that runs itself.
I build AI into websites and applications, and I build the automations that sit behind them. An assistant that answers from your own content, AI features inside your product, and the busywork between your inbox, calendar, and payments handled without anyone touching it. New build or a site you already own.
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Something happens
A form is filled in, an email lands, a payment clears, or the clock hits Monday.
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It gets read
The model reads what was actually written — the request, the tone, the urgency — instead of matching keywords.
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The work is done
Replied to, routed, booked, tagged, filed, invoiced. The rules are yours; the typing is not.
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You are told
A short message with what happened and what needs you. Nothing else lands in your inbox.
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An assistant that knows your business
A chat on your site trained on your pages, your pricing, and your FAQs — not the open internet. It answers at 11pm, qualifies the visitor, books the call, and sends you the transcript.
Site chatTrained on your contentBooks the call
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AI inside the product itself
Summaries, drafting, scoring, and search that understands a question instead of matching a word. Built into the app your team already opens every morning.
SummariesDraftingScoringSemantic search
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Automation for the busywork
The copying and pasting between your form, your inbox, your calendar, your spreadsheet, and your payments. Written once, run forever, at three in the morning if that is when it needs to run.
Lead routingFollow-upsSchedulingReports
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Wired into what you already use
AI is only worth paying for when it can reach your real tools. I connect it to the accounts you already run on, and I show you the logs so you can see exactly what it did.
IntegrationsWebhooksEmailPayments
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Added to a site you already own
You do not need a rebuild to get this. If your site is already live, the assistant and the automations can be fitted to it and left running.
RetrofitNo rebuildExisting sites
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Handed over, not held hostage
The keys, the accounts, and a recorded walkthrough are yours at launch. You will know where the AI is configured, what it costs to run, and how to turn it off.
Your accountsDocumentedWalkthrough
Built into a new site, fitted to one you already have, or taught to you in a session · See pricing
Pricing
Three builds. Fixed price. Fixed calendar.
Every build includes design, engineering, launch, and 30 days of fixes after go-live. AI and automation can go into any of the three; the System tier ships with them. Toggle the add-ons and the price updates live. The timeline under each price shows your three meetings.
01 · Basic website
Presence
For individuals, realtors, and small businesses that need to look established.
$2,400
Flat · ships in 10 days
  • Up to 5 custom-designed pages, no templates
  • Mobile-first, performance-tuned, search ready
  • Contact form, booking link, social integration
  • Domain, hosting, and email configured
  • One revision round at midpoint
Additional page +$250
Logo and brand system +$900
Copywriting, full site +$650
Start Presence →
02 · Advanced website
Platform
For brands that need a backend, content they control, and an audience they own.
$5,800
Flat · ships in 14 days
  • Up to 12 pages plus blog or listings
  • Database, admin login, self-editable content
  • Newsletter capture with automated sequences
  • Payments, scheduling, or lead routing
  • Analytics and two revision rounds
Logo and brand system +$900
Copywriting, full site +$650
Member area with login +$1,200
Start Platform →
03 · Web application
System
For products: accounts, data, dashboards, and logic that runs a business.
$12,500
Starting · ships in 21 to 30 days
  • Authentication, roles, and permissions
  • Database architecture, dashboards, reporting
  • AI features, third-party integrations, email flows
  • Admin panel and full documentation
  • Deployed, monitored, handed over
AI assistant inside the app +$2,500
Payments and subscriptions +$1,800
Mobile-ready PWA +$1,500
Scope System →
04 · Advisory
Consulting
For the people who want to build it themselves — or want AI working in what they already have.
$250
Per 60-minute session · recorded
No build, no contract, no deposit. One hour on a screen share, on whatever you are stuck on.
What the hour covers
  • How to build your own site: the stack, the hosting, the domain, and what to skip
  • How to actually use AI: which tool for which job, what to feed it, where it will lie to you
  • Automating the busywork you are doing by hand right now
  • A second read on a quote, a build, or a developer you are about to hire
  • The recording and written next steps in your inbox afterward
Book a session →
Care plan available on every build: updates, backups, support · $125 / mo
Process
Three meetings. Everything else is my problem.
Scroll through a 14-day build. The counter on the left is the calendar; the three stops are the only times I need you.
Build calendar
01/ 14
Kickoff
01 · Day 1
Kickoff
Goals, audience, pages, and the one thing the site must do. You leave with a written scope and a ship date.
Output scope · calendar · content checklist
02 · Day 7
Review
A working build on a live link, not a mockup. We walk it together and I make changes on the call.
Output revisions · integrations tested · content locked
03 · Day 14
Launch
Domain goes live, credentials handed over, and I record a walkthrough so you can run it yourself. Thirty days of fixes follow.
Output live site · training · 30-day fix window
By the numbers
18Years of work
2Platforms in schools
2Books published
3Meetings, start to launch
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Gerald W. Raines Jr.
Profile
Computer science background. Eighteen years of work. Two platforms running in schools.
I founded Culture Fix by Raines, an EdTech company whose products are used in Texas and Missouri schools, and I build every site personally on a modern stack. Before that I spent years as a dean and director, which is where I learned the part of this job most developers skip: listening, then delivering exactly what was said.
EducationB.S. Computer Science
FoundedCulture Fix by Raines
Published2 books
Primary stackNext.js · Supabase · Vercel
OutsourcingNone
Questions
What do you need from me to start?
A 50% deposit, your logo if you have one, and your words and photos. A checklist arrives at kickoff. Copywriting is available as an add-on.
Does the clock really start on day one?
Yes. The ship date is written into the scope at kickoff. The only thing that moves it is missing content on your side, and you will hear about that early.
Can I update the site myself after launch?
Platform and System builds include an admin login for direct editing. Presence builds include a recorded walkthrough, and the care plan covers updates if you would rather not touch it.
Do you build realtor and team sites?
Frequently. Listings, IDX or MLS links, lead capture, agent profiles, and group sites with a page per agent.
Do you build AI into websites and applications?
Yes, and it is a large part of the work now. An assistant on your site that answers from your own content, AI features inside a product — summaries, drafting, scoring, search that understands the question — and automations that move work between your forms, inbox, calendar, and payments. It can go into a new build or be fitted to a site you already own.
I would rather build it myself. Will you just advise me?
That is what Advisory is for. Sixty minutes on a screen share about your stack, your hosting, your domain, and how to use AI without it inventing things. You keep the recording and get written next steps afterward. $250 a session, no build attached.
Can AI and automation be added to the site I already have?
Usually, yes. If it is a normal, live website, an assistant and the automations behind it can be fitted to it without a rebuild. The first thing I do is look at what you have and tell you honestly whether it is worth retrofitting or replacing.
Not sure which build fits?
Book the call. Twenty minutes is enough to name the build, the price, and the ship date.
Let's put it
on the calendar.
A free 20-minute call. You describe what you are picturing. You leave with a build, a price, and the date it ships.
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