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Re: Music for Programming

#131

I'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…

We’re the same person. I have kids, and let me tell you: the most stressful thing about kids isn’t them constantly trying to impale themselves on something; it’s the fact that they all try to talk to you at the same time.

Re: Music for Programming

#132

A couple of my go-tos are Solar Fields and Infected Mushroom. Both are electronic; former is calm/ambient focus, latter is energetic/driving focus. Both have huuuge discographies that you can just put on shuffle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ldYxgJQG_E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQmvPQ0MmiY Solar Fields actually did the Mirror's Edge game soundtracks too, if you've played those. Really nice mix of ambient, al…

I always thought that Solar Fields was the name of the soundtrack! Looking forward to checking out more of their stuff.

I would also recommend works by 0edit (Ed Harrison) who did the NeoTokyo soundtrack. Listen to the FLAC version for the full experience. [1]

I like to balance electronic with instrumental. Journey OST works really well.

You may also like The Silk Road Ensemble & Yo-Yo Ma. [2]

And, of course, Miles Davis.

[1] https://www.0edit.com/

[2] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=29dfRYifyOU

Re: Music for Programming

#134

I created https://wfh.dj so I can listen to new music from my subscriptions (>20m) without the youtube procrastination rabbit hole. Mostly House, Electronic, Jazz (Stuff me and the team like to listen to while we work). I mainly listen to the following channels: - https://wfh.dj/c/UCJOtExbMu0RqIdiE4nMUPxQ/The-Lot-Radio - https://wfh.dj/c/UCHdHhZ5o5iaqkHwcKh7_Kgw/Collect-Radio - https://wfh.dj/c/UC5iaq-e3eigtnXm-x0eU3…

This is really nice - thanks for posting!

Re: Music for Programming

#135
I curate a slowly-growing public Spotify playlist called "Flowstate: Repeatable FTW", consisting of strictly instrumental tracks spanning various moods / vibes, mostly ambient / chillout, with steady beats and no jarring transitions, suitable to play on repeat for deep work sessions. Enjoy!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6UScdOAlqXqWTOmXFgQhFA?si=...

Re: Music for Programming

#136

I'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 100% in the same boat. There are some good game soundtracks on YouTube I can recommend too e.g. Colonizing Mars, multi-hour instrumental.

If you use spotify here are some playlists:

A good curated analog/synth playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/08MHNuaL6yU9oeSeK2qg8x?si=...

My own much narrower one https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Fa5SKA1FVUSodtndYqNsn?si=...

Re: Music for Programming

#137

A couple of my go-tos are Solar Fields and Infected Mushroom. Both are electronic; former is calm/ambient focus, latter is energetic/driving focus. Both have huuuge discographies that you can just put on shuffle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ldYxgJQG_E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQmvPQ0MmiY Solar Fields actually did the Mirror's Edge game soundtracks too, if you've played those. Really nice mix of ambient, al…

also Carbon Based Lifeforms!

Re: Music for Programming

#138

I'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…

When I code, I usually don't listen to music. I rarely listen to music generally. But when I do code and listen to music, I often sing along. Typing lyrics into code? Never happened to me.

Re: Music for Programming

#139
I've become a big Polyrhythmics (https://www.polyrhythmics.com/) fan over the last year. Their music is high energy and somewhat repetitive so it works well for programming. They have produced a large number of tracks over the years.

For an introduction to their sound, I suggest Spider Wolf (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZtrD2z5RDo).

Re: Music for Programming

#140
I would suggest Void Main’s album “Deadlock” – it’s the only music I know with a programming theme as well as being mostly instrumental and made for listening while programming. It used to be available on the old mp3.com (at http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/241/void_main.htm), but MP3.com was killed many ages ago. The artist still has the album cover and the tracks available on his home page, though. Note especially “Escape Sequence” which has authentic C++ programming sounds, and “Follow the GNU” with lyrics by Richard Stallman.

https://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/deadlock.jpg

https://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Anothe...

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https://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Escape...

https://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Follow...

https://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Hello%...

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https://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20There%...

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