I'm Austin Horstman, a senior software engineer with a deep
passion for open source development. For years, I've
dedicated countless hours to improving the Nix ecosystem
through contributions to NixOS, Home Manager, and Nixpkgs.

My flagship project, Khanelinix, provides comprehensive
system configurations that work seamlessly across macOS,
NixOS, and WSL—helping developers maintain consistent
environments regardless of platform. I'm also the creator of
Khanelivim, a carefully crafted Neovim configuration built
with Nixvim.

Why Your Support Matters

Behind every commit and pull request is time away from my
family. Your sponsorship helps balance my passion for open
source with my responsibilities at home, allowing me to:

• Dedicate more focused time to developing tools that benefit
  the broader community
• Explore new technologies like that can enhance
  the developer experience
• Maintain and improve existing projects that many rely on
  daily
• Create documentation and tutorials to help newcomers
  navigate the Nix ecosystem

Every contribution, no matter the size, directly supports
both my open source work and my family. Together, we can
build more powerful, elegant, and reproducible solutions for
developers everywhere.

Thank you for considering a sponsorship—your support means
the world to me and the community we're building together.