# How my changes can take effect on Discourse with docker

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-my-changes-can-take-effect-on-discourse-with-docker/29998>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 14, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-my-changes-can-take-effect-on-discourse-with-docker/29998 "2015-06-14T15:41:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-my-changes-can-take-effect-on-discourse-with-docker/29998/8 "2015-06-15T00:33:06Z")

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> [@Abdul\_Munim\_Zahid](#):
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> And yep, generally forking isnt a good idea unless you are as big as sitepoint!

no that is not accurate.

Generally, forking is not a good idea _period_. Our recommendation is always to use plugins to extend Discourse, forking is expensive to maintain and impractical in most cases.

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