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Somewhat opposite experience for me. I can’t listen to anything with words while coding. TV, podcasts, songs with lyrics all torpedo my ability to parse code. I
by throwaway316943 6y ago
Somewhat opposite experience for me. I can’t listen to anything with words while coding. TV, podcasts, songs with lyrics all torpedo my ability to parse code. Instrumental music especially with a strong beat seems to help though.
- f00zz 6y agoSame. I play some 90s Goa trance on my headphones if I really want to get stuff done, but anything with lyrics completely throws me off.
- red75prime 6y agoI've noticed that I make more errors while listening to any kind of music. But, upon further reflection, it's probably because I tend to listen to music when I'm in the flow, writing large amounts of code.