Kinda anecdotal, but what works for me is a mix of dark ambient and drone. Anything more intense gets me out of the flow. Relevant playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/62CD3gc39cVrOkUGelCRrZ?si=...
Music for Programming (2011)
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#232Am I the only person who can't listen to anything while coding? My attention goes straight to the music, and I can't concentrate on the task at hand! When I was in high school, my math teacher would play Mozart during tests, claiming it would help us. It would drive me crazy, and I doubt that my grades improved as a result of the distraction. For what it's worth, I have a BMus in Piano Performance. I love music... bu…
Music helps me drown out surrounding noise/distractions and energizing music can pump me up, but I also get distracted by playlists because each new song triggers a novelty response in my brain and will distract me (especially if I start wanting to sing/dance to it). What I've been doing that's actually been quite effective is I'll just loop the same energizing song over and over for the entire work day, sometimes ev…
I do the same!
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#233I suggest working on ones weaknesses such as concentration.
I like to work with quite but share an open workspace. Learn to tune out distractions by focusing.
Key example last week had a staff retreat to a bowling alley. I don't much like bowling so fired up Lichess on my phone. Tons of noise, talking and pins falling all around me but I'd rather focus on the game at hand and tune out distractions.
I suspect decades of karate training has helped build my ability to focus myself as needed.
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#234I shared this Gist with radio stations, playlists, collections, albums, … before: https://gist.github.com/z3to/3ad6458674afb2e308e1bbf88166987...
Mostly ambient, drone, (neo-)classical, dub, minimal techno, deep house, micro house, downtempo, slo-mo house, ketapop, schneckno, jetlagdisco, post-rock, lowfi hip hop…
Re: Music for Programming (2011)
#235"music for programming" with me is Pink Floyd. Anyone with me?
Pink Floyd is for life, it is not restricted to programming.
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#236Am I the only person who can't listen to anything while coding? My attention goes straight to the music, and I can't concentrate on the task at hand! When I was in high school, my math teacher would play Mozart during tests, claiming it would help us. It would drive me crazy, and I doubt that my grades improved as a result of the distraction. For what it's worth, I have a BMus in Piano Performance. I love music... bu…
I always like pointing software engineers and people who need to focus to this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/61RNVG9yeQpFBRi8OAVC9I?si=...
Before this, I could not listen to music and code at the same time AT ALL. Then, I found a coding playlist with only full length albums with very little vocals, and I changed. I recently created my own flavor of the playlist with only albums that have a consistent flow from one song to the next.
Give it a try and fork it to make your own version!
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#237If you haven't coded to Infected Mushroom, then you haven't lived. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLWXSsYJoWY&feature=list_rela...
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#238I, like many others in this thread, have a difficult time listening to music while writing code or reading. One app that has worked wonders for me and boosts my focus is brain.fm. The rhythms and beats are steady and I've had some of my most productive sessions while listening to it.
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#239Eye of the Tiger. On repeat.
Can't tell whether troll or not. (the best kind)
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#240I have been fine-tuning my "Code Time" music for over a decade that is conducive of getting and staying in the flow. An eclectic mix of ambient, tango, jazz, techno, progressive with a hint of trans.
Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/nKUbxNb4m2.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/71xXPTrKmQ72TpLZSV1DAU
Google Music: https://play.google.com/music/playlist/AMaBXynw1A1Qs30Ii8AKR...