What We Use & Recommend
The Tools Behind the Work
What Dostal Technology actually uses to build, publish, make things, and run the practice, and who each one is for.
Nothing here is sponsored unless it sits in the referral and sponsorship section at the bottom, which is labelled.
Build & Ship
What this site and our client builds run on.
Claude & Claude Code
Why we use it: Our engineering workflow runs on it, including the Hive plugins.
Who it's for: Engineers and teams building with AI agents.
Visit Claude & Claude CodeVercel
Why we use it: Hosts this site. Every pull request gets its own preview deployment.
Who it's for: Teams shipping web apps who want a preview of every change.
Visit VercelGitHub
Why we use it: Holds our code, pull requests, and CI.
Who it's for: Anyone who writes code.
Visit GitHubPostHog
Why we use it: Runs analytics and feature flags on this site, and analytics on client builds.
Who it's for: Product and growth teams who want analytics and feature flags in one place.
Visit PostHogResend
Why we use it: Sends this site's email and the booking and reminder email on client builds.
Who it's for: Developers sending email from an app.
Visit ResendSanity
Why we use it: Holds the writing, case studies, and testimonials on this site.
Who it's for: Teams who want structured content they can edit outside the code.
Visit SanityCal.com
Why we use it: Powers the booking page on this site.
Who it's for: Anyone who books calls and wants scheduling they can embed.
Visit Cal.comContent
How the writing and video get made and shared.
flayr
Why we use it: Ours, built with Don Matthews at Firefly Events. We run our own brands on it.
Who it's for: Brands that need content and ads run from one platform.
Visit flayrYouTube
Why we use it: Home of the dammit dostal channel.
Who it's for: Anyone publishing video.
Visit YouTubeMaker & Hardware
The printing and aerial kit.
Bambu Lab X1C + AMS
Why we use it: The printer behind our 3D printing work.
Who it's for: Makers who want multi-color 3D printing.
Visit Bambu Lab X1C + AMSBambu Studio
Why we use it: Slices our print jobs.
Who it's for: Bambu printer owners preparing print files.
Visit Bambu StudioDJI Mini 5 Pro
Why we use it: The drone we fly for aerial work.
Who it's for: Pilots who want a strong camera on a sub-250g drone.
Visit DJI Mini 5 ProBusiness Ops
The back office behind the practice.
Mercury
Why we use it: We use it for business banking.
Who it's for: Small businesses that want online business banking.
Visit MercuryNovo
Why we use it: We use it for business banking.
Who it's for: Small businesses that want online business banking.
Visit NovoFractional Work
For other fractional operators looking for their next engagement.
Referrals & Sponsorships
Separate from everything above. Worth checking out.
Affiliate disclosure: any link marked “Referral link” earns Dostal Technology or our partner flayr a commission or credit if you sign up or buy through it, at no extra cost to you. Every other link on this page pays us nothing.
ElevenLabs
Referral linkWhy we use it: flayr connects to it for voice work.
Who it's for: Anyone producing voiceover, voice clones, or AI audio.
Through our partner: flayr. How we partner
Visit ElevenLabsOpus Clip
Referral linkWhy we use it: flayr connects to it for video clipping.
Who it's for: Anyone turning long videos into short clips.
Through our partner: flayr. How we partner
Visit Opus ClipGoFractional
Referral linkWhy we use it: The most productive network I’m on. It has produced client work.
Who it's for: Fractional executives looking for engagements and a peer community.
Visit GoFractional