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Music for Programming
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#92I went through a period of listening to zelda soundtracks + rain/storm sounds for hours every day at work. It was very calming and there wasn't much to focus on, which let me focus on my work. Video game soundtracks in general can be excellent programming music because they can be looped infinitely and are designed to be in the background of some other task.
The FTL:Faster Than Light soundtrack by Ben Prunty is what I've been using for the last few years.
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#93I've always described myself as a person with zero ability to multitask. Always have been, always will be. Every time I cook, my wife about has a panic attack watching me fumble around, forgetting things, looking for things, oh god that's burning, etc. Back on topic, I absolutely cannot listen to music with words when I code. I'll intermittently type lyrics instead of what I was intending to do. Anyone else cursed wi…
Basically my ADHD means that if I like the music I am listening to I will stop focusing on what I am doing and instead focus intently on the music, if I hate the music I am listening to I will stop focusing on what I am doing to turn off the music and then be pissed off at whatever connotations are raised in my head regarding the music, finally if I find the music bland and boring I will do ok but sooner or later I will hate it because why would someone make such bland and boring music?
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#94Having some ASCII nonsense instead of standard controls is a bad idea.
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#95Erasure’s Wonderland album helps me get down to some deep deep work.
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#96No affiliation, but something I found on HN years ago was brain.fm:
I've used it as a source of instrumental, good enough music. I'm not sure if the other "sciency" stuff actually worked. I didn't use it for a while now, partially due to a lack of macos native app.
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#97I can't program with too much/little musical stimulation or without a driving beat, I also find repetition annoying and love symphonic and electronic elements.
So, if anyone is interested here's a random sample:
Roof - Big Spoon Instrumental Version
Theophany - Woods of Mystery
Power-Haus - P.I.M.P. Shyloom Remix
Nicholas Hooper - Umbridge Spoils a Beautiful Morning
Arkana - Umi and the Serpent
VOLO - Mystic
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#98I've always described myself as a person with zero ability to multitask. Always have been, always will be. Every time I cook, my wife about has a panic attack watching me fumble around, forgetting things, looking for things, oh god that's burning, etc. Back on topic, I absolutely cannot listen to music with words when I code. I'll intermittently type lyrics instead of what I was intending to do. Anyone else cursed wi…
Yes, I have this problem. I listen to electronic music when I code. It usually helps me focus. That is, until some vocalist fades in the mix rambling some inane crap I am forced to divert my attention to. It's like any other interruption for me. The human voice is impossible to ignore. It irritates me to such a level I wonder whether I'm on the spectrum.
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#99I suppose I should link my own Music For Coding To playlist here, for anyone who might be interested. I've tried to refine it over the last 7 years, removing tracks with vocals & anything that throws me out of the flow state: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5YpeoHyEHG7ttNgvzAkW72?si=... It's intended to be played on shuffle, but I've started my workday with Ulrich Strauss' "I Take Comfort In Your Ignorance" so many…
737 songs? Oh wow. My current list has 238 songs. I might end up getting some good stuff from your list. Thanks and cheers, mate.
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#100I use brain.fm because I find binaural beats helpful rather than just music.