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Re: Music for Programming

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Post by t0s »

jkalmadi wrote: post #344
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…

Co-founder of brain.fm here. Thanks for the love! Here's an exclusive deal on the lifetime membership for the next 24 hours. It's a $29 deal (or 80% off) for the lifetime membership. Our best offer :) Link: http://brain.fm/HN

Is it possible to have a similar deal again since from the comments seems there are a lot of developers interesting in your service ? Thanks!

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by devdoomari »

jkalmadi wrote: post #365
gnuvince wrote: post #353

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Very cool of you, I was debating the $149 price tag, but at $30 I just paid before I could think of a reason not to. Quick question: is there a way to use an audio player (e.g., Audacious, RhythmBox, VLC) to stream the music without using a web browser? The animated light curves in the background make the browser use 100% of a whole CPU core, which isn't ideal, especially when using a laptop on battery.

Eeeek we getting fixing this asap. Until then iOS app is best bet.

how about approximating those sine-wave curves with bezier curves?

ps: I'm getting my salary on Nov. 11th so could you extend your offer until then?

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by HeavyStorm »

oriel wrote: post #420
inanutshellus wrote: post #377

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Whenever I hear a programmer say "80% done" I think of the contractor's version: "two weeks", from the old '80s movie Money Pit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70xGgWIw5tU

The joke at my old work was 'basically done'. Meaning they spent a weekend equivalent on a prototype. Management heard 'done' the rest of us heard 'not production ready'.

Here is, 'done, just needs testing'.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by krylon »

3chelon wrote: post #232
rdiddly wrote: post #162

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"A certain kind of loud, wall-of-sound rock music which is very heavy on distortion with subdued vocals..." Sounds like you're describing My Bloody Valentine...

Certainly MBV is one of my favourites in that genre, yes. Slowdive, Lush, Mazzy Star... that kind of thing is my "night programming" playlist.

I have been a fan of Mazzy Star for a couple of years, as well as of Hope Sandoval's solo work, she just has an awesome voice.

Lush, I only discovered about four weeks back, but I went in head over heels, they are just great.

And, yes, I agree, there is a certain affinity between this kind of music and dim lighting. It doesn't work in broad daylight. ;-)

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by iLemming »

iLemming wrote: post #440
jkalmadi wrote: post #344

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Co-founder of brain.fm here. Thanks for the love! Here's an exclusive deal on the lifetime membership for the next 24 hours. It's a $29 deal (or 80% off) for the lifetime membership. Our best offer :) Link: http://brain.fm/HN

Very cool of you guys offering such a big discount. Tried to sign-up, saw the banner (about the discount), chose lifetime subscription (even without trying) but my card still was charged $149.99. ;( Is there a way to fix this? I mean it totally maybe worth it, yet I wasn't ready to spend that much.

Oh, I just got refunded. Thanks!

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by udkl »

awongh wrote: post #385
Klathmon wrote: post #288

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It's very similar for me. My music is EDM like many other coders, but it's more live performances, as they just don't end. Generally i'll grab a playlist of like 3 or 4 live shows from the same producer and i'll play them back to back. But the multitasking thing is a bit different for me, it's more one-sense-at-a-time for me. My wife has laughed at me before because she'll come home and i'll be watching a youtube tal…

this. I find stuff like brain.fm too minimal, and not engaging enough, personally. Interesting how everyone has a personal threshold of not engaging enough / too engaging. I wish there was some reliable resource I could go to to find 3-5 hour blocks of edm type music.

ww.mixcloud.com/discover/edm/featured/

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by sogen »

sonnyg wrote: post #437
sogen wrote: post #226

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my wife finds it odd I listen to 90's Ministry/Nine Inch Nails to focus :) also Underworld's Second Toughest on the Infants album is always my go to music.

I recently discovered Second Toughest via a colleague and it has become one of my favourite programming music album too. And yes, I have also listened to NIN/Ministry to focus in the past. Not so much any more though.

Cool!

If you liked that one, get the one called NUXX, very long mixes of that album.

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