I rarely listen to anything, but I'm going to give it a try for a week and how it affects my productivity.
Looking for playlist recommendations.
Ask HN: What, if anything, do you listen to while coding?
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#2typically I can't listen to music with words while coding. I stick to EDM, mainly Drum and Bass. Many years ago I found http://www.bassdrive.com. Streaming Drum and Bass from DJs around the world. They have IRC interaction and mostly Live shows. Cheers!
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#3I put together a sample playlist for a teammate who didn't usually listen to music: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm761ub-NrD7jq1zwjHlS...
That stuff works for me, but, uh...I doubt a lot of people share my taste in programming music.
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#4Anything instrumental. Classical, Vangelis, Jean-Luc Ponty, Pat Metheny, Steps Ahead, John Abercrombie, Brian Eno.
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#5One track of pop, on repeat for the duration of the session. Today it was something by Dragonette, but that’s just what came to hand. After a few repeats, it becomes somewhat hypnotic, and something with human voices in is helpful for cutting out external distractions (open plan office, at the moment...)
Coding music has little overlap with what I’d pick if I actually wanted to “listen to music”.
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#6Video game soundtracks should be really good, as they often contain no vocals and are supposed to keep you focused (on the game). E.g. Deus EX Human Revolution Soundtrack [0]. Movie scores from Hans Zimmer are also really good (e.g. Inception OST)
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#7Classical music in loop, such as this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzeRSsNHtsQ
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#8Chopin + Rainymood (dot) com.
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#9Most often: Rage Against The Machine on a loop. It's been working for me since ~1999.
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#10Any of the lofi hip hop live streams. Usually calm with minimal vocals. This is my favorite one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilxhlnDo7_M