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Ask HN: What music helps you code better?
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#22For coding, it’s usually classic music (no lyrics) but while researching, I’ll put on techno. No matter the genre though, I will use MusicChoice which is the streaming service that comes with my cable tv subscription.
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#23Mostly music with no lyrics. That’s key. I’m currently enjoying brain.fm set to 30 minutes and synced with a 30 minute pomodoro timer. I enjoyed the trial enough to purchase a lifetime membership (using a discount code) as I feel much more productive, especially when combined with some Bose noise-cancelling headphones. I’ve spent more money on less productive things so I figured “why the hell not?”. It may just pay f…
I agree about 'no lyrics', at least in my experience, being
the key to coding productively while listening to music.
What I'm wondering is, what is it about music WITH lyrics, which interferes with coding? ... is it the language processing side of the brain being overloaded or just distracted from the task at hand ( which would be translation...right? ) i.e. coding == actively translating tasks and concepts into a machine's language.
Re: Ask HN: What music helps you code better?
#24Mostly music with no lyrics. That’s key. I’m currently enjoying brain.fm set to 30 minutes and synced with a 30 minute pomodoro timer. I enjoyed the trial enough to purchase a lifetime membership (using a discount code) as I feel much more productive, especially when combined with some Bose noise-cancelling headphones. I’ve spent more money on less productive things so I figured “why the hell not?”. It may just pay f…
I agree about 'no lyrics', at least in my experience, being the key to coding productively while listening to music. What I'm wondering is, what is it about music WITH lyrics, which interferes with coding? ... is it the language processing side of the brain being overloaded or just distracted from the task at hand ( which would be translation...right? ) i.e. coding == actively translating tasks and concepts into a ma…
I think lyrics tend to bring thoughts to the forefront which can interfere with the task at hand. They can conjer images and storylines that force your brain to fill in the gaps, just like watching a movie. Not to mention the thought processes involved with listening to a well-written love song. You better hope your love life is solid or you’ll never get any work done.
Re: Ask HN: What music helps you code better?
#25Mostly music with no lyrics. That’s key. I’m currently enjoying brain.fm set to 30 minutes and synced with a 30 minute pomodoro timer. I enjoyed the trial enough to purchase a lifetime membership (using a discount code) as I feel much more productive, especially when combined with some Bose noise-cancelling headphones. I’ve spent more money on less productive things so I figured “why the hell not?”. It may just pay f…
I agree about 'no lyrics', at least in my experience, being the key to coding productively while listening to music. What I'm wondering is, what is it about music WITH lyrics, which interferes with coding? ... is it the language processing side of the brain being overloaded or just distracted from the task at hand ( which would be translation...right? ) i.e. coding == actively translating tasks and concepts into a ma…
For me it works well to listen to music with lyrics that I know so well that I dont even really listen to the lyrics anymore.
In general I feel like music works better if I know it well.
I like to listen to more distracting music though when doing a "boring" task that does not require that much brain processing itself.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree about 'no lyrics', at least in my experience, being the key to coding productively while listening to music. What I'm wondering is, what is it about music WITH lyrics, which interferes with coding? ... is it the language processing side of the brain being overloaded or just distracted from the task at hand ( which would be translation...right? ) i.e. coding == actively translating tasks and concepts into a ma…
For me it works well to listen to music with lyrics that I know so well that I dont even really listen to the lyrics anymore. In general I feel like music works better if I know it well. I like to listen to more distracting music though when doing a "boring" task that does not require that much brain processing itself.
Good point! A boring task would definitely free up some of that brain processing.
My coworker watches tv shows on his second monitor and listens to murder-mystery podcasts all day since his job mostly entails cranking out web banners and print ads of various sizes. He could pretty much do it with his eyes closed, as he’s been doing it for so long. Not to mention he’s just damn good at his job.
I guess it all depends on how much of your personal processor you can spare for your current task.
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#27Mostly ProgMetal/Djent. Some artists inspire me a lot while coding:
- Plini
- Intervals
- David Maxim Micic
- Arch Echo
- Animals as Leaders
- Polyphia
- Scale the Summit
- Angel Vivaldi
- ... etc – a.k.a. their related artists
- Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method by Earth
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#28Synthwave.
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#29Re: Ask HN: What music helps you code better?
#30Mostly music with no lyrics. That’s key. I’m currently enjoying brain.fm set to 30 minutes and synced with a 30 minute pomodoro timer. I enjoyed the trial enough to purchase a lifetime membership (using a discount code) as I feel much more productive, especially when combined with some Bose noise-cancelling headphones. I’ve spent more money on less productive things so I figured “why the hell not?”. It may just pay f…
+1. Brain.fm works really great for me (and took the lifetime membership too) - it may be a bit hard in the beginning since there are no distractions as in standard music, but it works.
(and +1 for Ludovico Einaudi - love it !)