diff --git a/storage_engine/src/binary_coding.rs b/storage_engine/src/binary_coding.rs
index a607296..cea1a6a 100644
--- a/storage_engine/src/binary_coding.rs
+++ b/storage_engine/src/binary_coding.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-use bincode;
 use bincode::config::{BigEndian, Configuration, Fixint};
 use bincode::{Decode, Encode};
-use std::mem::size_of;
 
 const BIN_CONFIG: Configuration<BigEndian, Fixint> = bincode::config::standard()
     .with_big_endian()
@@ -15,27 +13,6 @@ pub fn decode<T: Decode>(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(T, usize), bincode::error::Dec
     bincode::decode_from_slice(bytes, BIN_CONFIG)
 }
 
-pub fn encode_vector<T: Encode>(ts: &[T]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, bincode::error::EncodeError> {
-    let size: usize = ts.len();
-    let mut result = encode(&size)?;
-    for t in ts {
-        result.append(&mut encode(&t)?);
-    }
-    Ok(result)
-}
-
-pub fn decode_vector<T: Decode>(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<T>, bincode::error::DecodeError> {
-    let mut offset = size_of::<usize>();
-    let result_len: usize = decode(&bytes[..offset])?.0;
-    let mut result: Vec<T> = Vec::with_capacity(result_len);
-    for _ in 0..result_len {
-        let (x, bytes_consumed) = decode::<T>(&bytes[offset..])?;
-        offset += bytes_consumed;
-        result.push(x);
-    }
-    Ok(result)
-}
-
 // We don't care about encoding the length here (since it will be used for a row with known column
 // size)
 pub fn encode_sequence<T: Encode>(ts: &[T]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, bincode::error::EncodeError> {
@@ -72,20 +49,3 @@ pub fn decode_sequence<T: Decode>(
     }
     Ok(result)
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_encoding_decoding() {
-        let xs: Vec<String> = vec!["foo".to_string(), "bar".to_string()];
-
-        let exs = encode_vector(&xs[..]).unwrap();
-
-        // WARNING: Don't forget to specify the type here
-        let dxs = decode_vector::<String>(&exs[..]).unwrap();
-
-        assert!(dxs == xs);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/storage_engine/src/cursor.rs b/storage_engine/src/cursor.rs
index c145398..f065b38 100644
--- a/storage_engine/src/cursor.rs
+++ b/storage_engine/src/cursor.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl<T> CursorCanTraverse<T> for ReadCursor<'_, T> {
 
 impl<T> CursorCanTraverse<T> for WriteCursor<'_, T> {
     fn header(&self) -> &StoreHeader {
-        &self.header
+        self.header
     }
 }
 
@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ impl<T> CursorCanModifyEntries<T> for AppendOnlyCursor<T> {
 // ===capability to access index===
 impl<T> CursorCanReadIndex<T> for ReadCursor<'_, T> {
     fn indexes(&mut self) -> &[Option<Index<T, FilePosition>>] {
-        &self.indexes
+        self.indexes
     }
 }
 
 impl<T> CursorCanReadIndex<T> for WriteCursor<'_, T> {
     fn indexes(&mut self) -> &[Option<Index<T, FilePosition>>] {
-        &self.indexes
+        self.indexes
     }
 }
 
@@ -266,9 +266,10 @@ impl<'cursor, T> WriteCursor<'cursor, T> {
         T: Encode + Decode + Ord + Send + Sync + Clone,
     {
         let mut count = 0;
-        while let Some(_) = self
+        while self
             .find_first_eq_bruteforce_and_delete(column, t0, false)
             .await?
+            .is_some()
         {
             count += 1;
         }
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ impl<'cursor, T> WriteCursor<'cursor, T> {
         T: Ord + Decode + Encode + Send + Sync,
     {
         // New Index
-        let index = Store::create_empty_index_at(&self.header, column).await?;
+        let index = Store::create_empty_index_at(self.header, column).await?;
         self.indexes[column as usize] = Some(index);
 
         // Mark column as indexed
@@ -436,7 +437,7 @@ impl<'cursor, T> WriteCursor<'cursor, T> {
         let path_to_rows = path_to_table.join(GARBAGE_COLLECTION_INTERMEDIATE_ROWS_FILE_NAME);
 
         let intermediate_file: File =
-            Store::<T>::create_empty_rows_file(path_to_rows, &self.header).await?;
+            Store::<T>::create_empty_rows_file(path_to_rows, self.header).await?;
 
         let intermediate_header: StoreHeader = StoreHeader {
             table_folder,
diff --git a/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/entry_modification.rs b/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/entry_modification.rs
index 7f807e8..fd3a202 100644
--- a/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/entry_modification.rs
+++ b/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/entry_modification.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::binary_coding::encode;
 use bincode;
 use bincode::Encode;
 
-use crate::cursor_capabilities::primitive::{CursorCanRead, CursorCanWrite};
+use crate::cursor_capabilities::primitive::CursorCanWrite;
 use crate::cursor_capabilities::traversal::CursorCanTraverse;
 use crate::segments::entry::Entry;
 use crate::segments::store_header::StoreHeader;
diff --git a/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/index_access.rs b/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/index_access.rs
index 5210e95..a5128a2 100644
--- a/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/index_access.rs
+++ b/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/index_access.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pub trait CursorCanReadIndex<T>: CursorCanTraverse<T> {
     {
         match &self.indexes()[column as usize] {
             Some(index) => {
-                let file_positions = index.lookup(value).await?.unwrap_or_else(|| HashSet::new());
+                let file_positions = index.lookup(value).await?.unwrap_or_else(HashSet::new);
                 let mut entries: Vec<EntryDetailed<T>> = vec![];
                 for &file_position in file_positions.iter() {
                     match self.read_entry_at(file_position).await? {
diff --git a/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/primitive.rs b/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/primitive.rs
index bf4e7f5..3e465b2 100644
--- a/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/primitive.rs
+++ b/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/primitive.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncSeekExt, AsyncWriteExt, SeekFrom};
 use crate::store::{FilePosition, Result};
 
 #[async_trait]
-pub(crate) trait CursorCanRead<T> {
+pub trait CursorCanRead<T> {
     fn file(&mut self) -> &mut File;
     fn eof_file_position(&self) -> FilePosition;
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub(crate) trait CursorCanRead<T> {
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
-pub(crate) trait CursorCanWrite<T>: CursorCanRead<T> {
+pub trait CursorCanWrite<T>: CursorCanRead<T> {
     async fn write_bytes(&mut self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<usize> {
         Ok(self.file().write(bytes).await?)
     }
diff --git a/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/traversal.rs b/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/traversal.rs
index 809d416..b8f7882 100644
--- a/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/traversal.rs
+++ b/storage_engine/src/cursor_capabilities/traversal.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pub trait CursorCanTraverse<T>: CursorCanRead<T> {
             entry_header,
             file_position,
             self.header().number_of_columns,
-            &mut data_bytes,
+            &data_bytes,
         )?;
 
         Ok(Some(entry))
diff --git a/storage_engine/src/index.rs b/storage_engine/src/index.rs
index 6f69b76..e053e82 100644
--- a/storage_engine/src/index.rs
+++ b/storage_engine/src/index.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use std::hash::Hash;
 use std::io::SeekFrom;
 
 use crate::binary_coding::{decode, encode};
-use bincode;
 use bincode::{Decode, Encode};
 
 use crate::error::{DecodeErrorKind, Error};
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ where
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn insert_desynced(&mut self, k: K, v: V) -> () {
+    pub fn insert_desynced(&mut self, k: K, v: V) {
         self.data.entry(k).or_insert_with(HashSet::new).insert(v);
     }
 
diff --git a/storage_engine/src/store.rs b/storage_engine/src/store.rs
index 1a56a1f..3e42776 100644
--- a/storage_engine/src/store.rs
+++ b/storage_engine/src/store.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ pub async fn store_exists(table_folder: &str) -> Result<bool> {
     Ok(fs::metadata(table_folder).await.is_ok())
 }
 
-pub const ROWS_FILE_NAME: &'static str = "rows";
-pub const GARBAGE_COLLECTION_INTERMEDIATE_ROWS_FILE_NAME: &'static str = "rows_intermediate";
+pub const ROWS_FILE_NAME: &str = "rows";
+pub const GARBAGE_COLLECTION_INTERMEDIATE_ROWS_FILE_NAME: &str = "rows_intermediate";
 
 impl<T> Store<T> {
     // ===Creation===