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Re: Ask HN: What music helps you code better?

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Post by luminobyte »

whak wrote: post #20

Mostly 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…

Agreed, brain.fm is fantastic. It's so much more pleasing to listen to than white/grey noise, yet it is not distracting.

Where did you find a code for lifetime membership?

Re: Ask HN: What music helps you code better?

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Post by Vanzi »

Mostly soft music without lyrics.

- Luv letter / Flower Dance - Sakuya2/3 - REBORN -Dr.ミンチに会いましょ - 失, 焚梦 |A Chinese musician 十指流玉 - A Little Story (etc...)

some Japanese Team Shanghai Alice soft musics

Re: Ask HN: What music helps you code better?

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Post by whak »

luminobyte wrote: post #41
whak wrote: post #20

Mostly 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…

Agreed, brain.fm is fantastic. It's so much more pleasing to listen to than white/grey noise, yet it is not distracting. Where did you find a code for lifetime membership?

The promo code that I used, "mindpump", no longer works. I'd keep an eye out for any new podcasts sponsored by Brain.fm. That's how I discovered the old promo code.

Re: Ask HN: What music helps you code better?

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Post by whak »

TheAlchemist wrote: post #30
whak wrote: post #20

Mostly 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 !)

A fellow HN user who also loves Ludovico! He's amazing. I had the opportunity to meet him a few years back and he's one of the nicest people I'd ever met. When I told him that I play drums to his music he said he'd love to hear it. A very humble and gracious individual, that Ludovico.

Re: Ask HN: What music helps you code better?

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Post by chairmanmow »

It depends on the day, but for some reason when I really got to get stuff done, I listen to the theme for Ghostbusters II on repeat all day, Bobby Brown's "Control." I wonder if my coworkers hear me listening to the theme from Ghostbusters II all day on repeat and think I'm weird, but I get so much done with Ghostbusters II theme song. I get too hot to handle, too cold to hold.

Re: Ask HN: What music helps you code better?

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Post by trakout »

polyterative wrote: post #32

Ambient, lo-fi, chillstep and garage is the best. I love these so much that I produce music for coding myself. These are my best playslists https://open.spotify.com/user/1167646885/playlist/0adabJ0Yu4... https://open.spotify.com/user/1167646885/playlist/04uAJE4hhK... And my own EP https://open.spotify.com/album/40Td5u6cbC8iApy1VMopCu?si=uqv...

thanks for sharing!

Re: Ask HN: What music helps you code better?

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Post by scorphus »

neilsimp1 wrote: post #31
scorphus wrote: post #27

Mostly 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 There's also this album I used to listen to while reading Blood Meridian and nowadays while coding: - Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method by Earth Hope they inspire you too ;-)

You and I have similar tastes. I'd also like to through in some names for this genre... - Cloudkicker - Pomegranate Tiger - The Helix Nebula Outside of this, I really like video game music while coding. Anything from the Playstation 1 era, namely the Final Fantasy 6-10 soundtracks, both OST and orchestra versions. Nobuo Uematsu is incredible.

Nice additions! Your taste is good, sharp! And WOW, Nobuo Uematsu is really incredible. Thanks for the recommendations!

Re: Ask HN: What music helps you code better?

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Post by scorphus »

woumn wrote: post #37
scorphus wrote: post #27

Mostly 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 There's also this album I used to listen to while reading Blood Meridian and nowadays while coding: - Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method by Earth Hope they inspire you too ;-)

I'd like to add in Cloudkicker, which sounds a bit different than straight Djent, but has gotten me through a lot of college.

Thanks for recommending Cloudkicker! I've heard (and favourited) one of their tracks (Genesis Device) and already followed them on Spotify but I didn't remember. >_<

Re: Ask HN: What music helps you code better?

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Post by scorphus »

clu3l355 wrote: post #38
scorphus wrote: post #27

Mostly 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 There's also this album I used to listen to while reading Blood Meridian and nowadays while coding: - Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method by Earth Hope they inspire you too ;-)

Glad to see this here! Modern Day Babylon are great for those looking for instrumental work in the same sphere as the above. Disperse as well - Jakub Zytecki is a fantastic guitarist and features on a lot of David Maxim Micic's work.

I didn't know Modern Day Babylon nor Dirsperse, really nice artists! Thank you for both recommendations! \m/
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