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Ask HN: What do you listen to while coding (and how)?

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Re: Ask HN: What do you listen to while coding (and how)?

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Post by mkal_tsr »

Soma.fm for ambient, drone, chillout, lush, and a few other channels. Otherwise Spotify for streaming most of my music or what I have locally (which I usually play in an old winamp version). Lots and lots of youtube related videos for image-only song videos on youtube.

As far as music content, it's usually metal, psybient, folk metal, chillout, drone, and classic rock.

Re: Ask HN: What do you listen to while coding (and how)?

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Post by dennybritz »

snarkyturtle wrote: post #11

Essential Mixes via bootlegged mp3s are awesome to code with. I've also been following THUMP on Soundcloud and they've been putting up a fair amount of awesome mixes: https://soundcloud.com/thump

Thanks, I really like these mixes.

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Post by Mandatum »

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Re: Ask HN: What do you listen to while coding (and how)?

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Post by hansy »

Classical on Pandora. I used to listen to EDM, but I couldn't concentrate on my work. I guess I subconsciously associate EDM with going out, having fun, etc so my mind just wanders.

The Classical station on Pandora (at least my station) isn't just the "stuffy" Beethoven pieces, but also incorporates really cool string or piano covers for famous songs. Try it out.

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