Building RocksDB-like storage: Merging Iterator and Range Deletions

January 27, 2026

The implementation details for the Merging Iterator in cckv.

This is the second post in a series documenting the development of cckv, a RocksDB-like KV storage engine written in C++20 for my experimental database sboxdb.

• First post: Building RocksDB-like KV: Range Tombstones and MVCC Point Lookups

Building RocksDB-like storage, part1: Range Tombstones and Point Lookups

January 13, 2026

The implementation details for Range Tombstones and Point Lookups in cckv.

This is the first post in a series documenting the development of cckv, a RocksDB-like KV store written in C++20 for my experimental database sboxdb.