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by izhak 1426 days ago
Not trolling or trying to downplay anybody here, but honestly - how “kvass” (readed as “k-v-ass” given it is a “key-value” storage) is a good name?..
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About as good a name as the password manager which I'm unable to read in any other way than keep ass.

(Just in case you are unaware, kvas/kvass is a traditional north-eastern europe drink.)

> the password manager which I'm unable to read in any other way than keep ass

I've never read it this way but now I can't unsee it.

Kvas means yeast, could be also a drink name.
Since this is on top of the readme they refer to the drink: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5411096/179968508-...

You could call yeast kvas, but in slavic languages there are usually other nouns used. (drozdze, drozdie, kvasok, kvasnice, закваска , дрожжи). Kvas (the drink) is kvas everywhere.

In Norwegian kvass means sharp.