Scratchpad repo for the "Bits x Pages" blog. Every post gets its own standalone project under experiments/<topic> so tools, dependencies, and build systems stay isolated. Nothing in the repo root assumes a particular language or framework—drop whatever you need into a new experiment folder and document how to run it in that folder.

• experiments/: one subdirectory per post or idea. Each directory owns its source, build files, helper scripts, and README.
• experiments/lsm-space-amp: RocksDB block-size/space amplification benchmark (C++/CMake).
• experiments/rocksdb-merge-bench: merge-operator vs read-modify-write throughput benchmark (C++/CMake).
• build/: example build tree for the LSM experiment (feel free to create separate build/<experiment> directories per project).
• space_amp_runs/: output from the LSM benchmark (delete between runs if desired).

1. Create experiments/<topic> and drop in your code.
2. Include a README.md that explains prerequisites and how to build/run.
3. Use whatever tooling fits (CMake, Bazel, Python scripts, notebooks, etc.). Keep builds out-of-tree (e.g., build/<topic>).

Navigate to its directory, read the README, and follow the instructions. For example, the LSM space amplification benchmark includes its own CMake project—build it with:

cmake -S experiments/lsm-space-amp -B build/lsm-space-amp
cmake --build build/lsm-space-amp -j
./build/lsm-space-amp/space_amp --block_sizes=4096,8192,32768

Future experiments can provide completely different commands; just keep everything self-contained inside the experiment directory so posts remain reproducible.