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Ask HN: Does listening to music while coding increase your productivity?

• tmaly 10y ago
  for me no, but I use it as a way to block out distractions if a lot is going on around my office. I still prefer silence if I can have it.
  • davidgerard 10y ago
    This appears to be the case: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/the-best-music-for-productivity-silence/509948/?single_page=true https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/the-best... What offices have done is outsource the silence to their workers. I find Metal Machine Music does a good job, however: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIMSbKU2oZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIMSbKU2oZM You know you've been working on a bad project a bit long when you can reliably hum along with it.
    • akashtndn 10y ago
      Now, this was something else. Thanks for making me aware of this masterpiece's existence!
      • davidgerard 10y ago
        I did a writeup of it here :-) https://rocknerd.co.uk/2016/11/30/lou-reed-metal-machine-music-1975/ https://rocknerd.co.uk/2016/11/30/lou-reed-metal-machine-mus... It's long been famed.