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Re: Music for Programming

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Post by sosuke »

Klathmon wrote: post #129
closed wrote: post #116

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I can only speak from the angle of memory/attention research, but a couple lines of study struck me. 1. Irrelevant speech / sounds tends to reduce memory capacity for the task at hand[a]. 2. People with ADHD self-stimulate by, e.g, squirming. Music can help them with attentional tasks by providing stimulation [b]. Overall, I'm not that familiar with studies specifically on music, but I'd guess that it's a trade-off b…

I have ADHD, and it's really difficult to describe to people how the "self stimulation" works. It's almost like I need to keep part of my brain busy so the other "quieter" part can work. Music, driving, pacing around, and to a lesser extent fidgeting or tapping can all "placate" that part of my brain so the other can actually do work. I'll even do things like play music while listening to a talk or presentation while…

Great phrasing of the feeling. I started listening to e-books, fiction, after finding that my programming thoughts don't really intersect my verbal thoughts. The benefit being I don't get distracted reading anything else because my speech center is already occupied. The only time I have to pause the music is during a planning session where I do have internal dialogue.

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Re: Music for Programming

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Post by zos »

This is run by a friend of mine, John Datassette (not real name). He's a bomb game dev, squirty electro peacock and all round Little Lord. Check out his fiendishly hard game "Space Rubbish":

https://datassette.bandcamp.com/album/space-rubbish-game-ost

I made one of those mixes. Guess which one and i'll fax you some handmade congratulations.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by solutionyogi »

mangeletti wrote: post #139

I've listened to Brain.fm since this past February, and it is truly amazing. They have Focus, Relax, and Sleep, but I've only ever listened to Focus. It's like this steady stream of some kind of electronically generated music that changes each 30 minutes. I set it to 2 hours, and then I usually take a small break when it ends. I'll turn it on and literally get into the zone immediately; writing line after line of cod…

Is the website generally slow OR it's getting hammered with HN traffic?

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by firegrind »

Galaxeblaffer wrote: post #118
kubami wrote: post #84

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can you share some of your favourite tracks?

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I'm surprised not to see Murcof's downtempo piano-heavy work on this excellent list

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by aleksei »

Klathmon wrote: post #132
stevetrewick wrote: post #22

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> pick one song and repeat it for the entire day I also do this, one or a very short playlist of very similar stuff. Seems to help keep my mind locked into a particular state all day/work period. Currently long Daft Punk tracks are doing it for me.

The Alive '97 album is perfect for that if you like Daft Punk.

Hey, way too good an album to listen to while coding :)

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by acomjean »

merrvk wrote: post #23
eswat wrote: post #17

I have two rules when I’m listening to music while programming: 1. My favourite genres are K-Pop and Industrial – it helps that they are also very energetic genres — and my rule is that I can only listen to them while programming. Helps to really put me in the “you’re working now” space (thanks to Julian Shapiro for this tip) 2. I pick one song and repeat it for the entire day, sometimes for several days in a row. I’…

Number 2 sounds like hell

I've done 2(repeat same song or a couple songs) for a few hours with early foo fighter while coding.

Repeating "X-Static" and "Exhausted" which have a slow plodding droning kind of sound worked for grinding out some lotus script (that was a while ago....)

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by golergka »

3chelon wrote: post #83

Does anyone know of any actual conclusive studies in this area? Like most here, I have my own rules and preferences. The main rule seems to be it must be familiar, in fact it's best if I've heard it a thousand times already. But there are only three kinds of music that work for me:- 1. Music I first got into during my teenage years when I was sitting up all night coding assembler (OK, I admit it, Pink Floyd) works we…

I have to clarify: in which of the possible meanings do you use tge term "EDM" here? The Skrillex type of post-brostep, pop deep house inspired top40 bangers, all electronic club-friendly dance music or all electronic music in general?

Like "techno" or "dubstep", this word can mean very different things for different people.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by [deleted] »

6stringmerc wrote: post #161
mangeletti wrote: post #139

I've listened to Brain.fm since this past February, and it is truly amazing. They have Focus, Relax, and Sleep, but I've only ever listened to Focus. It's like this steady stream of some kind of electronically generated music that changes each 30 minutes. I set it to 2 hours, and then I usually take a small break when it ends. I'll turn it on and literally get into the zone immediately; writing line after line of cod…

As a musician, I can guess this works on a base level because I like "white noise" type things too when working - specifically the laundry. If I have laundry going, I can focus and write / work on clay / draw with attention that music just simply won't allow for some reason. I guess what I'm inferring is that Focus is probably more aligned with white noise than an actual music listening experience.

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