How to Get a Standalone Apple Music App in Linux (with Dark Mode)
I recently switched from Spotify to Apple Music, which left me without a dedicated music app on my Linux PCs. Apple doesn’t have a Linux version of their Music app. There are some third party Apple...
View ArticleHow to Find What’s Taking Up Disk Space on a Linux Server
If you’ve come to this article, it probably means you’re getting “no space left on device” errors. I’ll help you fix that by finding which files are taking up the most space. First, make sure you are...
View ArticleSvelte Material UI 6 Release Announcement
SMUI v6 is officially official! After quite a long beta process while I worked extensively with SMUI in my own project, I’ve release the first stable version of the v6 branch. This version’s most...
View ArticleInstant WebDAV Server with Nephele
A while ago, I set out to write a CardDAV server for Port87. CardDAV is based on WebDAV, so I had to write a WebDAV server first. That server is called Nephele, and it now supports instantly running a...
View ArticleSvelte Material UI 7 Beta
Hot on the heals of SMUI 6, SMUI 7 is now in beta. For the most part, this release is small and should be easy to upgrade to. SMUI 7 upgrades to the latest MDC-Web release, v14. Externally, there’s not...
View ArticlePort87 Social Mastodon Instance
SciActive, Inc is now running its own Mastodon instance at https://port87.social! This is an instance with the goal of letting people share with each other. It’s got some reasonable rules, and as we...
View ArticleIterable, Cancellable RPCs in Nymph.js
I made something really cool today that’s still boggling my mind. Iterable and cancellable remote procedure calls in my JavaScript ORM Nymph.js! Wow, that’s a lot of tech jargon. The problem is that...
View ArticleThe Best Email for Those who Struggle with Organization
This article is about SciActive’s new email service, Port87.com. One of the biggest struggles I have with ADHD is maintaining an effective organization strategy, especially when it comes to managing my...
View ArticleHow Many Lines of Code are in Port87
About 200,000. Port87 is a very large and complicated project. If you really wanted to count all of the code that it takes to run it, you’d have to count things like the Linux kernel, Node.js, and...
View ArticleInbox Zero is Dead. Zero Inbox is Here: How Port87 Reinvents Email Organization
This article is about SciActive’s new email service, Port87.com. Email revolutionized communication in the digital age. Its origins can be traced back to the early 1970s when Ray Tomlinson sent the...
View ArticleCan an Atheist Believe in Heaven?
My best friend passed away two weeks ago. I’ve gone through a lot of feelings and emotions over the past two weeks. A lot of things that I’ve done and said conflict with my own beliefs, or at least...
View ArticleUpcoming Database Migration: Faster Performance Ahead for Port87
Update: The migration went smoothly. Please email us at our support email if you experience any issues. We’re excited to announce that we’ll be migrating our database to a new design on Sunday, October...
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