LedgerLink Continuity Proxy
10/10
Demand Score
Dropped connections during posting or batch jobs cause corruption risks, rework, and downtime during peak accounting periods.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$149-599
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
8 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
A local connection proxy for accounting apps that stabilizes unreliable links to database servers. It exposes a drop-in ODBC/DSN or SDK endpoint, adds intelligent keepalives, multiplexed retries, and
Competitor Landscape
- SQL Server Always On/Failover Clustering (infrastructure-level)
- ODBC auto-reconnect settings (limited)
- SD‑WAN/WAN accelerators (Riverbed/Cisco)
- Vendor-hosted cloud editions (full migration required)
- VPN keepalive scripts
Must-Have Features for MVP
Drop-in DSN/SDK proxy with no app changes
Smart retry and backoff with transaction journaling for safe ops
Local offline queue for short disruptions
Automated failover to secondary DB with health checks
Per-site network diagnostics and tuning recommendations
Corruption guardrails and alerting for risky patterns
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Guaranteeing idempotency across mixed vendor operations
- Encryption/credential passthrough (Kerberos/NTLM/SSL)
- Coexistence with vendor licensing and data services
- Edge cases during mid-transaction failover
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- >70% reduction in connection-related errors
- No increase in data anomalies post-retry/failover
- Sustained session uptime improvements (>99.5%)
- Shorter month-end close due to fewer interrupted jobs
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.