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CaseNotes vs OrderEase vs Pairly

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In common

  • Shared stack: Next.js, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis
  • Both kinds of work: Web
  • Order: OrderEase (2025 – 2026) → CaseNotes (Feb 2026 – present) → Pairly (Jul 2026 – present)

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CaseNotes ›

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

OrderEase ›

Branded online ordering for restaurants and retailers

Pairly ›

An AI-native operating system for founder-led teams

At a glance

Role
Founder / Lead Engineer
When
Feb 2026 – present
Length
9 mo so far
Status
Live
Type
AI, Web, Mobile
Role
Technical lead, Smart Kitchen Co
When
2025 – 2026
Length
1 yr
Status
Live
Type
Web, Platform
Role
Founder / Lead Engineer
When
Jul 2026 – present
Length
4 mo so far
Status
In progress
Type
AI, 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.
Direct ordering and order management: menus, orders, payments and fulfilment, with automated order intake and status updates that cut merchants' operational overhead.
Small teams stitch together disconnected tools for websites, customer communication, content, analytics and operations, while generic AI assistants lack safe access to business context and actions.

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.
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Pairly gives each business one governed platform where specialised agents can work across those functions. It combines tenant-scoped AI agents, websites and CMS, CRM and communications, newsletters, analytics, integrations and a skills marketplace.

Stack

  • Next.js
  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • pgvector
  • Neo4j
  • Redis/ARQ
  • Azure OpenAI
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph
  • Next.js
  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Azure
  • LangChain
  • Docker

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
  • Fast, responsive ordering on Next.js
  • FastAPI services for menus, orders, payments and fulfilment
  • Tenant-scoped agent runtime with durable memory, model routing, typed tools and permission ceilings
  • Streaming agent UX with human approval gates, audit events and token budgets
  • Installable skills marketplace with automated validation and human publication review
  • End-to-end features spanning API, CMS, renderer, email and PDF output

Infrastructure choices

  • pgvector + Neo4j
  • Redis / ARQ workers
  • LangGraph with PostgreSQL checkpoints
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  • PostgreSQL

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.
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A broad working platform with multi-tenant permissions, real-time agent execution, publishing and revision workflows, provider integrations and installable skills, with approval gates, audit events and human review for consequential AI actions.