[deathflute]

This would actually make a terrific replacement for something like redis when you need a more structured schema.

The q language is very powerful, and expressive - interesting mix of lisp and APL. You can do really powerful analytics without writing tons of code for it.

You really have to see how fast KDB is compared to most nosql products out there.

[patrickxb]

Are there any open source projects or blog posts with examples of this?

[gohwell]

They have a reference wiki with some example programs. Have a look at this page: http://code.kx.com/wiki/Cookbook/ProgrammingExamples