Field notes on shipping things — infra, security, and the occasional agent.https://mustafaramx.com/en-auFri, 14 Aug 2026 06:59:34 GMThttps://mustafaramx.com/post/lingomacbar-the-ultimate-macos-menu-bar-translator/https://mustafaramx.com/post/lingomacbar-the-ultimate-macos-menu-bar-translator/LingoMacBar is a Mac menu bar translator for Google Translate and DeepL that lets you translate selected text without switching apps.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTlingomacbarmacostranslationproductivityswiftuinative-appsmultilingualhttps://mustafaramx.com/post/make-your-mac-notch-useful-with-boringnotch-download/https://mustafaramx.com/post/make-your-mac-notch-useful-with-boringnotch-download/BoringNotch+ is a free open-source Mac app that turns your MacBook notch into a productivity hub for music, clipboard history, Pomodoro, reminders, and widgets.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTboringnotchmacosmacbookswiftuiopen-sourceproductivitynative-appshttps://mustafaramx.com/post/marketpulsebar-track-crypto-stocks-etfs-gold-silver-p-l-in-your-mac-menu-bar/https://mustafaramx.com/post/marketpulsebar-track-crypto-stocks-etfs-gold-silver-p-l-in-your-mac-menu-bar/Why I built a focused Mac menu bar app for tracking stocks, crypto, ETFs, forex, commodities, and portfolio P/L without keeping charts open.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTmarketpulsebarmacosfinanceswiftuistock-trackingcryptonative-appshttps://mustafaramx.com/post/finmcp-i-built-a-financial-data-mcp-because-ai-doesn-t-know-today-s-prices/https://mustafaramx.com/post/finmcp-i-built-a-financial-data-mcp-because-ai-doesn-t-know-today-s-prices/FinMCP is a production-grade financial data MCP server that gives Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor live access to market, company, sentiment, and cross-asset data via the free Yahoo Finance API.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTfinmcpmcpfinanceai-agentsopen-sourcehttps://mustafaramx.com/post/openclaw-5-dollar-vps-setup-guide/https://mustafaramx.com/post/openclaw-5-dollar-vps-setup-guide/I ran OpenClaw on a $5 Hetzner VPS instead of a $500 Mac Mini — full stack, real fixes (swap, memory tuning, browser modes), and an honest pros/cons comparison.Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTopenclawvpsself-hostinghetznerai-agentshttps://mustafaramx.com/post/how-to-secure-coolify-server-with-fail2ban/https://mustafaramx.com/post/how-to-secure-coolify-server-with-fail2ban/Install Fail2Ban on a Coolify server, enable SSH protection, watch Traefik access logs, and propagate bans to your websites with the official Traefik plugin.Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTcoolifyfail2bansecurityself-hostingubuntuhttps://mustafaramx.com/post/expose-your-local-coolify-server-with-cloudflare-tunnel/https://mustafaramx.com/post/expose-your-local-coolify-server-with-cloudflare-tunnel/Expose a local Coolify server to the internet with Cloudflare Tunnel — no port forwarding, free SSL, works behind ISPs that block ports 80/443 and CG-NAT.Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTcoolifycloudflarecloudflare-tunnelself-hostingnetworkinghttps://mustafaramx.com/post/how-to-install-n8n-on-coolify-using-the-ready-services-with-or-without-postgresql/https://mustafaramx.com/post/how-to-install-n8n-on-coolify-using-the-ready-services-with-or-without-postgresql/Install n8n on Coolify in one click — choose the SQLite-ready service for quick tests, or the PostgreSQL-backed service for production-grade workflows.Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTcoolifyn8nself-hostingautomationdockerhttps://mustafaramx.com/post/how-to-run-coolify-on-local-vm-and-expose-it-publicly/https://mustafaramx.com/post/how-to-run-coolify-on-local-vm-and-expose-it-publicly/Run Coolify on a local Ubuntu VM, expose it to the public internet, and use sslip.io for instant public URLs — perfect for free staging, dev, and home-server environments.Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTcoolifyself-hostinglocal-devsslipcloudflare-tunnelhttps://mustafaramx.com/post/protect-your-coolify-websites-with-crowdsec-firewall/https://mustafaramx.com/post/protect-your-coolify-websites-with-crowdsec-firewall/Install and configure CrowdSec on Coolify with Traefik v3 and the CrowdSec bouncer plugin — the easy way to protect every site on the server from bad bots and common web attacks.Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTcoolifycrowdsectraefiksecurityself-hostinghttps://mustafaramx.com/post/secure-your-coolify-server-websites-with-crowdsec-and-traefik/https://mustafaramx.com/post/secure-your-coolify-server-websites-with-crowdsec-and-traefik/Install CrowdSec on the Coolify host, add the nftables firewall bouncer, and wire the Traefik bouncer plugin so every website on the server is protected from bad bots, SSH attacks, and common web exploits.Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTcoolifycrowdsectraefikfirewallsecurityself-hostinghttps://mustafaramx.com/post/configure-coolify-deploy-and-manage-your-first-project-like-a-pro/https://mustafaramx.com/post/configure-coolify-deploy-and-manage-your-first-project-like-a-pro/Configure Coolify, connect a custom domain, lock down the firewall, and deploy your first Docker Compose project end-to-end.Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTcoolifydockerself-hostingdevopsdeploymenthttps://mustafaramx.com/post/the-cheapest-way-to-host-deploy-websites-self-hosting-coolify-on-ubuntu-vercel-netlify-alterna/https://mustafaramx.com/post/the-cheapest-way-to-host-deploy-websites-self-hosting-coolify-on-ubuntu-vercel-netlify-alterna/A practical guide to installing Coolify on Ubuntu and using a VPS as a lower-cost, self-hosted alternative to Vercel, Netlify, Render, and Heroku.Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTself-hostingdockercoolifyubuntudevops