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Re: Music for Programming

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publicola1990 wrote: post #102
silisili wrote: post #54

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…

Game sound tracks may be a good option, because to they are designed to be in the back ground, and not to be grating on the ears even after much repetition.

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Re: Music for Programming

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Post by icambron »

ValtteriL wrote: post #66

Cannot listen to music with words when I study or code as some others here. I also find many synth music beep-boop unsuitable for my tempo and flow. Therefore I listen to mostly extreme metal with screaming where I cannot make sense of the lyrics.

You might also try instrumental metal. There’s a good public playlist on Spotify for it, which I use quite a bit as coding music

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by lkxijlewlf »

silisili wrote: post #54

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…

> 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.

I do all the cooking for our family because I'm pretty good at it. A few things that help me. First is mise en place. I read through the recipe and lay out all the ingredients and prep them (dice, chop, measure, etc). The next thing is I read through the recipe several times and picture myself following the directions. This greatly helps me determine my timing for everything.

Not trying to fix you. Just thought I'd throw out some ideas in case you wanna try.

EDIT: Forgot to mention music. I can't code to music with lyrics. Nor can I code to music that has too many sharp edges. If it has a nice, smooth, consistent beat, I can really get some stuff done, though.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by christophilus »

I've been enjoying Blue Turtle[0]. It's got a mix, from melodic, peaceful orchestral game-like music to lofi beats. The animation and illustration are enjoyable, too. My kids have spent a good bit of time peacefully watching it and telling stories about what's happening.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/c/BlueTurtle

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by robscallsign »

colpabar wrote: post #11

I 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.

Interesting! One of my goto's for programming is the soundtrack from the game LA Noire, with rain/storm sounds in the background:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiGKxCAg_0o&list=PL0B80EA34D...

https://rainymood.com/

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by _notathrowaway »

silisili wrote: post #54

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…

I live alone and work from home, sometimes the lack of others makes me feel a bit down, one usual antidote is listening to podcasts, but I also find them to be distracting. What I like to do in these situations is listen to Japanese radio shows, they are upbeat and since I understand very little Japanese they are not too distracting (at least in low volumes).

I quite enjoy the show named たまむすび (tama musubi), this youtube channel posts new episodes (is this the right term?) as frequently as they come out: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo6OJrar-0P2rqLqMVomQNw , hope it can help some of you.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by abruzzi »

I may be the only person, but when I need to focus, and drown out the outside world, the best stuff for me is early Philip Glass--essentially anything up to the Koyaanisqatsi soundtrack. Einstein on the Beach, Music in 12 Parts, Northstar, etc., but as with another poste, nothing with intelligible language--so parts of Einstein don't work, but most of it is perfect.

There is something about the apparent velocity of the music that creates a bubble that the world, or even the non-focused parts of my brain can't penetrate.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by notakio »

valand wrote: post #148
silisili wrote: post #54

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…

> I absolutely cannot listen to music with words when I code Same here. Med to high pitch does the same effect as words for me. But undecipherable words or ambients does not have the same paralyzing effect as words, things like metal growl, mumble rap, or ambient acapella. My goto music would be extreme polymetric metal music with dark tone (bright guitar tone doesn't work for me. Check out my fav band Meshuggah), no…

A substantial chunk of code I've written in the last decade has been written to a Meshuggah soundtrack. I love the music, and find the more complicated time signatures (well, more complicated than 4/4, at least) interesting enough to keep me plugging away, while not getting tired of the songs the way I do when listening to more "traditional" time signature music. With any given 4/4 based song, while coding, I can handle maybe 10-16 bars of it before I'm hitting "next track". This, of course, means that every 20 seconds I'm not coding, and instead interacting with the music player, which is obviously suboptimal.
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