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Welcome to Flappedear

The first post. One corgi, many rabbit holes, and a website that finally exists.

16 April 2025 · 2 min read

This is the first post on Flappedear — a personal brand built around one very flappy-eared corgi named Mango, and everything else that keeps me busy.

What this place is

A blog. A build log. A place to write about the things I actually care about:

  • Motorsport — the GT86, track days, and the eternal N/A vs turbo debate
  • 3D Printing — parts, failures, and 2am print checks
  • Formula 1 — the engineering, the politics, all of it
  • Cybersecurity — how I think about security, threat modelling, and the industry
  • People Management — the messy, human side of leading tech teams

And Mango. There will be Mango content.

Why Flappedear

One ear up. One ear flopped. It’s Mango’s defining feature and, honestly, a good metaphor for this whole project — one foot in serious technical work, one foot firmly in chaos.

More soon.