# A personal perspective on avoiding developer work on the ReactOS project

DevFeed: [A personal perspective on avoiding developer work on the ReactOS project](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/on-patches-32981.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/on-patches/>)

Published: 2014-12-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [patches](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/patches.md>)

Tags: [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [opensource](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opensource.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [patches](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/patches.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

The author explains that they are not a ReactOS developer and have tried to avoid becoming one because development work can consume the time available for other project needs.

## Source excerpt

Before I begin, I should make clear that for all intents and purposes I am not a "developer" on the project. I have actually tried very hard to avoid falling into that role, as most people who do become developers end up getting sucked into that work to the point where of the time they do dedicate to the project, they tend to not have any left over to do other work that the project needs.