PinnedPeter PotrebicTraveling the US — Rest Stop BurgersFirst of… I’m a terrible speller. Amongst the supplies I bought at Walmart for my foray into giving away burgers at a rest stop was some…May 7, 20232May 7, 20232
Peter PotrebicTraveling the US — Meeting an American HeroI’ve worked at Box Inc for over 10 years. The RV adventure I’m on is thanks to Box’s recently created Sabbatical program. The best part…Jun 8, 2023Jun 8, 2023
Peter PotrebicTraveling the US — Nemacolin, PAThis will be the first mostly personal story of my trip. A bit of the “Potrebic” history in the USA. My parents moved to America in 1963…May 13, 2023May 13, 2023
Peter PotrebicTraveling the US — pushing my edgeThe last few days I’ve been in Tennessee and North & South Carolina. For 2 of those days I tried (and failed) to accomplish one of my…May 3, 2023May 3, 2023
Peter PotrebicTraveling the US — LegacyThe other day I’m driving into a small town and see this sign:Apr 28, 2023Apr 28, 2023
Peter PotrebicTraveling the US — $5This is being written in a gas station in the southwest corner of Arkansas. That will make sense shortly.Apr 19, 20231Apr 19, 20231
Peter PotrebicLocked outThe Las Cruces NM roadrunner monument is pretty dang cool.Apr 16, 20231Apr 16, 20231
Peter PotrebicTraveling the US — It just takes a few minutesBe present. Be available.Apr 13, 20232Apr 13, 20232
Peter PotrebicinBox Tech BlogBox Drive — Undoing a bad engineering decisionThe first post in this series talked about the LIS and how in BoxDrive 2.1 the local LIS was replaced with a Virtual Local LIS that saves…Jan 25, 2019Jan 25, 2019
Peter PotrebicinBox Tech BlogBox Drive — Engineering faster starts and less memoryBox Drive 2.0 introduced a wonderful new feature called MFO, or mark for offline access, which is detailed in an earlier blog post. Box…Jan 11, 2019Jan 11, 2019