Independent Mountain West digital studio
Spokane, Washington / Working everywhere
Build the thing
they can’t ignore.
Sharp websites, custom apps, and digital systems for creative startups and established businesses ready to make a real move.
Sharp websites, custom apps, and digital systems for creative startups and established businesses ready to make a real move.
Tell us what you’re buildingA capable studio for uncommon ideas
We bring senior frontend craft, practical product thinking, and direct collaboration to every job. No bloated process. No disappearing act. Just thoughtful work built to do its job and hold up over time.
Selected work / 2023–2026
A mix of original products, local business sites, and large-scale client platforms.
View every case studyProduct design and full-stack development for a growing platform that connects trading accounts, normalizes trade data, surfaces performance, and helps traders build better habits.
A polished healthcare experience built to communicate complex benefits clearly across a growing digital platform.
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A local-first marketplace where neighbors exchange useful items, skills, and services without transaction fees.
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A small-business website scanner that turns search and AI-readiness signals into prioritized, paste-ready improvements.
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A nationwide platform that helps youth teams create professional sponsorship campaigns without taking custody of sponsorship funds.
View case studyBuilt close to home
Lead-generating websites and useful platforms for businesses and communities across Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
A clear, personal insurance website designed to turn a complicated decision into an approachable conversation.
A bold, media-rich system that gives a mission-driven organization room to tell human stories and grow its reach.
A high-character flooring platform that pairs a trusted vendor network with practical tools for making expensive decisions clearer.
A conversion-focused local service website that makes a stressful move feel organized, credible, and easy to start.
A service-first digital home for a Spokane electrical company, built to turn residential needs into qualified conversations.
A regional Catholic network connecting trusted businesses, parishes, events, daily resources, and community members in one place.
One more from the workshop
BNI Detector turns crowded recommendation threads into evidence worth checking before a local hiring decision.
What we build
Strategy, design, frontend development, and CMS work for companies that have outgrown the ordinary.
Purpose-built products that turn a useful idea or an internal headache into a sharp, dependable system.
Ongoing improvements, experiments, maintenance, and technical direction without hiring a full internal team.
The working style
We get clear on the business, the audience, and what the work needs to accomplish.
Direction, structure, and visual language come together early so you can react to something real.
Design and development stay connected through launch, with no handoff gap or mystery middle.
We launch cleanly, measure what matters, and stay available for the next useful move.
Spokane roots / Wider range
Lanes Brains provides Spokane web design, custom web development, Nuxt applications, and CMS systems for teams across Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, Coeur d’Alene, and the Inland Northwest.
For work farther afield, the process stays direct: senior strategy, design, and development with the same person from the first conversation through launch.
Ways to work together
Every project is scoped to the work, but you should know the neighborhood before we talk.
Trailhead
A strong website without the heavy upfront lift.
Custom Build
Most popularFor a serious website, app, or digital system with a clear finish line.
Outrider
An ongoing build partner for businesses that keep moving.
Custom applications typically begin around $8,500. Final scope and payment structure are agreed before work begins.
Rich Lane / Founder & builder
I’m a frontend developer and digital builder with years of experience shipping client-facing websites, custom CMS platforms, healthcare landing-page systems, and original apps. Lanes Brains is the studio I’ve built around senior craft, direct communication, and the freedom to try something ambitious.
The sensibility comes from the Rocky Mountain West: independent, practical, a little restless, and serious about doing the job right.
Straight answers
Lanes Brains designs and develops custom marketing websites, Nuxt web applications, CMS platforms, landing-page systems, dashboards, and original digital products.
No. The studio is based in Spokane and regularly serves Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, Coeur d’Alene, and the Inland Northwest, while working remotely with teams anywhere in the United States.
Custom website projects generally start at $4,500. Custom applications typically begin around $8,500, and ongoing website partnerships start at $350 per month.
Yes. Lanes Brains can redesign an existing site, improve performance and conversion paths, extend a CMS, add landing pages, or become an ongoing frontend and technical partner.
Yes. The portfolio includes marketplaces, analytics tools, sponsorship platforms, community directories, dashboards, and other custom applications built around a specific business problem.
Open for select projects
Tell me where you are, where you’re trying to go, and what’s getting in the way. I’ll reply personally.
rich@lanesbrains.com