https://xkv.org/tags/about/ Recent content in About on XKV.org Hugo en-us Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://xkv.org/why-the-project-is-called-xkv/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://xkv.org/why-the-project-is-called-xkv/ <p>XKV stands for explainable key-value. KV is the usual shorthand for a key-value store, the simplest kind of database there is: you put a value under a key and get it back later. The X is the part this project adds.</p> <p>An X marks the spot on a map, and it&rsquo;s the letter that stands for an unknown in algebra. Both fit. Every value in a store has a story behind it, and in most stores that story is the unknown. XKV keeps it next to the value, so the question every value should be able to answer, why, has an answer.</p>