I'd set up the notification before reboots option then. I have a developer friend who has the same complaint. He complains about it constantly. Unfortunately it ends up becoming...

Me: Did you enable the notification before reboot function?
Him: No
Me: Did you set up active hours?
Him: No
Me: Did you set up a calendar event to remind you every 2nd Tuesday of the month to at least give you some warning?
Him: No
Me: So after I have been reminding you to do it all these years, why haven't you? (I don't remind him it's patch Tuesday, just remind him to set these tasks up every time he complains)
Him: Too time consuming.
Me: So spend hour(s) every month remembering what changes you've made that might not have been committed instead of the 3-5 minutes once to mitigate the problem...

I usually don't hear from him for a week after while he fumes.