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  • Shared stack: none in common
  • Both kinds of work: Web
  • Order: Joel Transport (Dec 2022 – May 2023) → CaseNotes (Feb 2026 – present) → Fashionly (Apr 2026 – present)

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CaseNotes ›

South African legal research, e-discovery and learning, powered by AI

Fashionly ›

Your style, elevated: an AI stylist that starts with what you own

Joel Transport ›

Online booking platform on AWS

At a glance

Role
Founder / Lead Engineer
When
Feb 2026 – present
Length
9 mo so far
Status
Live
Type
AI, Web, Mobile
Role
Founder / Lead Engineer
When
Apr 2026 – present
Length
7 mo so far
Status
MVP
Type
AI, Mobile, Web
Role
Lead Engineer
When
Dec 2022 – May 2023
Length
6 mo
Status
Live
Type
Web, Platform

The problem

South African legal information is scattered across portals with limited keyword search, while international e-discovery platforms are often priced beyond the local market.
Fashion-commerce recommendations usually optimise for another purchase without understanding what the customer already owns.
Centralised the customer journey and operational data, reduced manual hand-offs and set up a documented AWS foundation.

What was built

An integrated research, e-discovery and learning platform: hybrid semantic search across more than 10,000 judgments, a precedent citation graph, structured document extraction, AI-assisted discovery and stateful research workflows.
Fashionly grounds recommendations in the user's wardrobe, builds outfits from existing items and recommends products only where a genuine wardrobe gap exists. Khanya, a LangGraph stylist with about 15 typed tools, handles wardrobe access, catalogue search, saved looks and human-stylist bookings.
Led architecture and hands-on engineering for an online booking platform: Python APIs and the AWS deployment architecture, integrated with Paystack, Sage Accounting, Zoho Bigin and Zoho SalesIQ.

Stack

  • Next.js
  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • pgvector
  • Neo4j
  • Redis/ARQ
  • Azure OpenAI
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph
  • Next.js
  • Kotlin
  • Supabase
  • LangGraph
  • MongoDB
  • SSE
  • Python
  • AWS
  • Paystack
  • Sage
  • Zoho

Highlights

  • Five-stage Graph RAG pipeline in LangGraph
  • Hybrid pgvector and Neo4j retrieval, and a TAR active-learning loop
  • Human-in-the-loop tool-calling chat with PostgreSQL checkpoints
  • MCP server for case search and drafting
  • Khanya: a LangGraph tool-calling stylist with about 15 typed tools
  • MongoDB-checkpointed conversation memory and SSE streaming of tool progress and grounded product cards
  • Request-scoped Supabase clients with row-level security on every request
  • Python APIs and AWS deployment architecture
  • Paystack, Sage Accounting, Zoho Bigin and Zoho SalesIQ integrations

Infrastructure choices

  • pgvector + Neo4j
  • Redis / ARQ workers
  • LangGraph with PostgreSQL checkpoints
  • Supabase with RLS
  • MongoDB checkpoints
  • SSE
  • AWS

Outcome

An integrated research and review platform grounded in more than 10,000 judgments, with a structured learning bank of 1,624 rubric-scored questions. The architecture supports resumable jobs, traceable sources and human review.
A working end-to-end MVP across web and Android: wardrobe management, catalogue discovery, conversational styling, saved looks and human-stylist booking.
Centralised the customer journey and key operational data, reduced manual hand-offs and established a documented AWS foundation for future development.