Meiring de Wet.
Software developer and founder from Cape Town.

• CheckoutJoy

  Checkout platform for digital sellers in emerging markets.

  Live · 2021-
• Headless LMS

  API-first LMS for building learning systems.

  OSS
• GetPaidHQ

  Self-hosted subscription billing - fixed, usage-based, and hybrid pricing, with built-in dunning and invoicing. Works with any payment processor.

  OSS
• Mailshot

  Self-hosted serverless replacement for SaaS email platforms. AWS Step Functions under the hood.

  OSS
• Keepem

  Usage-based webinar platform with AI built in.

• Exploring growth strategies for CheckoutJoy.
• Buidling Headless LMS to add learning capabilities to CheckoutJoy.
• Deep diving Go development and robust workflows with getpaidhq.co

• 2026.07

  Building an LMS from scratch in 2026

  Engineering
• 2026.06

  Two attempts at a subscription billing engine

  Engineering
• 2026.05

  A declarative home base

  Notes

3 posts so far. Full index at /writing.

Based

Cape Town, ZA

Building since

~2005

Languages

Go, TS, Python on a daily level. Other languages Erlang..Bash lol.

Technologies

Fullstack, modern production systems in various architecures..React,NextJS,PostgreSQL,NoSQL,Serverless,Durable Workflows,Redis,Kafka,NATS

Cloud

Production AWS since 2014

Reach

meiring@mdwt.dev