In April 2025, Aphostrophy developed a Disk-Space Aware SST File Manager for the facebook/rocksdb repository, focusing on explicit disk usage control and optimized compaction in environments with limited storage. Leveraging C and C++ programming skills, Aphostrophy designed and integrated the new file manager through RocksDB’s C API, enhancing the database’s ability to manage storage constraints. This work improved storage reliability and predictability, reducing the risk of space-related failures in constrained deployments. The solution exposed robust API surfaces and clear storage-management semantics, increasing adoption potential for downstream projects and demonstrating depth in API development, database management, and storage system robustness.