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Ask HN: What do you listen to while programming?
Simple question, what do you typically listen to while writing code? Music, podcasts, silence? Also, does it depends on what you're working on? Thanks and have a great day.
- PaulHoule 11y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDLKVOShCG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDLKVOShCG8
- 0x7fffffff 11y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60ItHLz5WEA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60ItHLz5WEA
- J_Darnley 11y agoMusic without lyrics or sometimes with lyrics in a language I don't understand.
- mcintyre1994 11y agoI quite often listen to loud film scores - think Inception/Hans Zimmer. Google Play Music has a good radio station for it and I imagine the others do too!
- skylark 11y agoI feel like video game music is perfect for coding - it's not designed to draw too much attention to itself and provides a nice vibe. Rainwave.cc is a great (free) stream for that. Other than that, jazz/classical when I want to relax, electronic music when I'm in the zone.
- pizza 11y agohttps://soundcloud.com/kaltblutmagazine/hanz-mix-for-kaltblut-magazine https://soundcloud.com/kaltblutmagazine/hanz-mix-for-kaltblu... ~ 180 bpm at parts
- malux85 11y agoDigitally Imported (http://www.di.fm/ http://www.di.fm/) They have great stations, some nice liquid DNB will get you into flow
- 0942v8653 11y ago'Forgotten Memories' Instrumental Chill Mix - https://soundcloud.com/fluidified/forgotten-memories https://soundcloud.com/fluidified/forgotten-memories I don't quite like the mixing but it has a good selection. Take a look at the artists involved. Also, podcasts while coding? That sounds like a disaster...
- afarrell 11y agoIt definitely depends on my mood and what I'm doing. My default is Lindsey Stirling[1]. Her music is up-tempo instrumental. I'll also put on a Pandora station seeded on Natalie McMaster. Sometimes I'm doing something where I'm spending a bunch of time waiting on the machine and I will listen to a history audiobook. Recommendations: - Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman - Souls of Black Folk by WEB DuBois - to answer the Question DuBois raises at the end: Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond - 1776 by David McCulloch - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow - not history, but if you've only read Lord of the Rings on paper, you really should listen to the Audiobook. Also lately I've been repeatedly listening to the songs from a musical about a certain bastard orphan son of a whore... [1] https://m.youtube.com/user/lindseystomp https://m.youtube.com/user/lindseystomp
- achairapart 11y agohttp://musicforprogramming.net http://musicforprogramming.net
- partisan 11y agoThis is my mainstay nowadays. RITES (#24) shows 63 plays so far and that is low. Some don't appeal to me on the first listen, but they really do as I code and suddenly realize I love what I am hearing.
- davidkim 11y agoI built a curated radio station for myself and friends - http://voyager.fm http://voyager.fm. Depending on the mood, I can be selective of the music I work with, but most of the time I just want to turn on something and go.
- codeonfire 11y agoListened to dnb mostly 2000-2008, some metal, more recently chillwave stuff like Tycho. The name of the game in coding work is to control anxiety and stress long term. I also listen to this week in tech and sometimes other related podcasts.
- miguelrochefort 11y agoGood old death metal.
- darrelld 11y agoI love listening to The Books when I'm really trying to focus and concentrate. They are disjointed and most of their "lyrics" are just snippets from old TV / movie / radio shows so there is nothing for my brain to latch onto and follow along. I can just focus on the problem at hand. Might not be for everyone but once I found them I knew I had struck gold. I've been listening to them for about 5 years now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHNArEfBKdc&list=RDEMJl2R73TGuF-HpKBihxOOJw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHNArEfBKdc&list=RDEMJl2R73T... You can also find them on spotify.
- askafriend 11y agoSlim Thug, Future, Pusha T and some real raw shit from the streets of Chicago, Atlanta, and Houston. Anyone else feel me? EDIT: I'm just being honest. This is what I listen to. I really don't care if you downvote me.
- stuxnet79 11y agoWhy would anybody downvote? While I only care for Pusha T out of that list, it doesn't seem out of the ordinary. Not a lot of rap fans on HN I see :/
- tamersalama 11y agoNothing but classical music. But that's what I listen to all the time.
- ptype 11y agoGoa trance. No lyrics, not too hardcore.
- kleer001 11y agoAm goa head too. Have nearly a 48 hours worth of tunes locally. Any favorite producers? Am always on the look out for new or unheard of twisted bass and acid beats.
- zerr 11y agoFans. The sounds of fans (mostly from power supply) from PC.
- mbrock 11y agoAlmost always silence. Sometimes if I'm having a bad mood of some kind, I'll put on something that's soothing or uplifting for me, basically just any of my favorite music that isn't too sentimental or lyrically interesting... but mostly, I find it easiest to concentrate in silence. (This makes it annoying to work in environments where the only way to not overhear conversations is to put on music in headphones...)
- selmat 11y agoFocus@will works for me. Some free samples are available at youtube. You can choose your style, speed, desired level of focus etc. it is paid service but at project webpage is available 30 days free period. Web: www.focusatwill.com
- andrey_utkin 11y agoMostly the best thrash metal ever - Overkill, then some Exodus and Havok. Also The Offspring (pop-punk), The Lively Ones (1960s surf rock).
- galfarragem 11y agoIt's easier to answer what I'm listening today: an indie video game 'midi' soundtrack -- http://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/ http://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/
- code777777 11y agoMostly white noise and sounds of rain and thunderstorms. If I'm doing something more mundane I'll often play some PluralSight or some programming podcast in the background. I've learned to tune out the talking until something interesting comes up. Perhaps because it's playing at 1.5x speed my brain doesn't quite perceive it as a human voice. Most music distracts me, perhaps due to my musical background. Not sure, but it works for me.
- kleer001 11y agoMy own music mostly. Visiting old favorite tracks or the new ones in the works.
- stuxnet79 11y agoThere's nothing like eating your own dog food :)
- bvarum 11y agoTycho or Carbon Based Lifeforms. Both are quite good.
- archagon 11y agoLots of Tipper, Philip Glass, and some nervous_testpilot. Also lots of Spotify's Discover Weekly.
- Hockenbrizzle 11y agoI always listen to music while I work. If I am learning new things or editing a manuscript, I turn the volume quite low and only play music that I am very familiar with. Here are some albums/sets I listen to most often: Rodrigo Amarante - Cavalo Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt Solomun Boiler Room DJ Set (YouTube) Nightmares on Wax Boiler Room DJ Set (YouTube)
- grif-fin 11y agoEnnio morricone's music. From 'Fist full of dollars' to 'The hateful eight': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0pSUnnzoDM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0pSUnnzoDM
- stuxnet79 11y ago90s jams. Alternating between mid 90s R&B and Hip-Hop and Shoegaze / Britpop bands.
- cafard 11y agoAlas, ambulances, construction machinery, and general traffic all too often. Silence for preference.
- cafard 11y agoAlas, ambulances, construction machinery, and general traffic all too often. Silence for preference.
- swah 11y agoBeen trying Vaporwave / http://reddit.com/r/mallsoft http://reddit.com/r/mallsoft lately. Eg https://drcodeini.bandcamp.com/album/ussia-ctetnka https://drcodeini.bandcamp.com/album/ussia-ctetnka
- rman4040 11y agoIt is hard for me to be focus while coding with music, so I prefer the quiet, no music.
- jfc 11y agoSmooth Jazz. Most of the time, instrumental only.