Hi,

I am Alexander Schnitzler. I am working as a freelancer PHP developer, mainly working for clients that use the content management system @TYPO3. I am part of the core team of TYPO3 since February 2019 with a focus on the plugin framework which most people refer to as Extbase.

Extbase is part of TYPO3 for years now and ever since it made it into the core, I managed to be a helping hand and improve the product. Unfortunately there are very few people left that are working in that area which makes my contributions even harder. Still, I try my best to make the product better every day.

Speaking of every day. In the last 2 years alone I literally spent weeks in OSS contributions. While I love this work it unfortunately doesn't pay my rent. So, I am limited to a certain amount of time to be bale to also work for my customers. I'd love to do more OSS contributions though and you can help me with that.

My goal is to have a passive income of about 1000$ to be able to spend 1 week per month on contributions. So if you are familiar with my work and would like me to keep going and enable me to spend more of my time on the product you daily, please consider becoming a sponsor.

You might ask yourself what exactly you are supporting me for.
Well, I compiled a short list for a deeper understanding of my contributions.

• I create concepts
• I write code
• I write tests
• I write documentation
• I do talks on TYPO3 camps
• I join code sprints
• I attend core team meetings

At the moment I cannot offer any reward but by enabling me to spend more time on contributions I also have more time to get in touch with people, listen to you, discuss and find great solutions that make us smile more often.