MementoOps: Price Anomaly Detector for E-commerce

Inspired by the granular, sequential data analysis in 'Memento' and the character-driven, fragmented narratives of 'Hyperion,' MementoOps is a niche DevOps tool for e-commerce businesses. The project leverages the scraping techniques from 'E-Commerce Pricing' projects to monitor specific product prices across various online marketplaces. The 'Memento' aspect comes into play by storing historical price data (like Leonard's notes) and creating short-term, actionable 'memories' of price fluctuations. When a price deviates significantly from its recent historical average or exhibits rapid, unexplained changes, MementoOps flags it as an anomaly. This could indicate issues like pricing errors, competitor manipulation, or potential fraudulent listings. The DevOps integration lies in its continuous monitoring and alerting capabilities, pushing notifications to relevant teams (e.g., pricing analysts, fraud detection) via standard channels like Slack or email. The niche aspect targets small to medium-sized e-commerce businesses who cannot afford enterprise-level pricing intelligence tools. It's low-cost to implement using open-source scraping libraries and cloud functions (e.g., AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions). The high earning potential stems from offering this as a SaaS subscription service, providing crucial insights that can prevent revenue loss due to pricing errors or enable proactive competitive strategies.