Do you like to listen to music or podcasts while you code? If so, what kind of music or podcasts do you prefer?
Our team has a preference for instrumental music or lo-fi beats to help us focus on intensive projects. Some of our favorites include Nujabes, Lo-Fi Girl, and Tomppabeats. As for podcasts, we enjoy listening to tech-related shows like "CodeNewbie" (of course!) and "Syntax" to stay up-to-date on industry news and learn about new technologies. “Radiolab” is also a particular favorite here at DEV.
What about you? Share your favorite music or podcast recommendations in the comments below!
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Top comments (33)
Hardstyle! Hardstyle all day everyday :)
Artists like: Da Tweekaz, Sound Rush, Coone, Hard Driver. Some great energetic tracks!
Here's a playlist that I created...titled INSTRUMENTAL Post-Rock Music to Work & Focus to.
Video game OST and anime songs.
Example
I like listening to relatively heavy and rhythmically complex music. It creates sort of a wall between me and all the things and thoughts that can distract me from writing code. Usually it is math metal, metalcore or, for example, AI-generated djent: youtu.be/CqvmUnG25dA
I almost always listen to music while coding and I also tend to like instrumental stuff. Lately I've been listening to:
State Azure - perfect programming music for me
Progressive Trance music generally, when I need slightly more energy.
Nier Automata OST some days I just listen to it on loop, minus a few slightly annoying tracks :) it hits a lot of the right spots for me in the right order.
Chill with no lyrics, electro and electro pop. And for INTENSE sessions of dev, I listening electro type festival 🕺
Today is a good day to Code what with the bloody rain and the bloody wind.
Extra points for knowing the Movie Quote I subverted there.
So it's Soft Guitar music off of Amazon Music.
Got a new kitten and he likes the bass from the subwoofer.
The older girls are protesting by staying outside!
The new kitten is objectionable to their sensibilities.
An interesting thought:
I understand Music stimulates the brain and helps the brain develop mathematics abilities.
From the great god Google search
What Einstein said about music?
silence is golden
I'm currently going through a SE bootcamp, so I have a relatively short experience to pull from haha. So far I love listening to lofi reggaeton/hip hop beats, but tbh any chill music does the trick! Otherwise, I just start singing along and no work gets done lol.
I'll for sure be checking out those recommendations!