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- Order: WhatsApp platforms (2018 – 2022) → Joel Transport (Dec 2022 – May 2023) → CaseNotes (Feb 2026 – present)
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CaseNotes ›
South African legal research, e-discovery and learning, powered by AI
Joel Transport ›
Online booking platform on AWS
WhatsApp platforms ›
Altur, Harambee and eButler on the WhatsApp Business API
At a glance
- Role
- Founder / Lead Engineer
- When
- Feb 2026 – present
- Length
- 9 mo so far
- Status
- Live
- Type
- AI, Web, Mobile
- Role
- Lead Engineer
- When
- Dec 2022 – May 2023
- Length
- 6 mo
- Status
- Live
- Type
- Web, Platform
- Role
- Lead engineer, Mmogo Media
- When
- 2018 – 2022
- Length
- 4 yr
- Status
- Delivered
- Type
- Platform, AI
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.
Centralised the customer journey and operational data, reduced manual hand-offs and set up a documented AWS foundation.
A WhatsApp-based job platform (Altur), Harambee Youth Accelerator's move from a mobisite to WhatsApp, and eButler's WhatsApp ordering with payments through Flash.
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.
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.
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Stack
- Next.js
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL
- pgvector
- Neo4j
- Redis/ARQ
- Azure OpenAI
- LangChain
- LangGraph
- Python
- AWS
- Paystack
- Sage
- Zoho
- Python
- Django
- WhatsApp Business API
- Infobip
- Twilio
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
- Python APIs and AWS deployment architecture
- Paystack, Sage Accounting, Zoho Bigin and Zoho SalesIQ integrations
- Conversational journeys on the WhatsApp Business API
- Payments via Flash, Paystack and MTN MoMo
Infrastructure choices
- pgvector + Neo4j
- Redis / ARQ workers
- LangGraph with PostgreSQL checkpoints
- AWS
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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.
Centralised the customer journey and key operational data, reduced manual hand-offs and established a documented AWS foundation for future development.
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