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Rishabh Singh ⚡
Rishabh Singh ⚡

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Do you listen to music while coding?

If you are a music lover then there's no doubt, you listen to music very often while doing many different things. Laundry with Music! Cooking with Music! Workout with Music!

But do you listen to music while coding as well?

Coding requires a lot of focus & if you are constantly distracted by the beats of music then you will certainly end up with a never-ending list of errors or low-quality code. However, this is not true all the times! Some developers say, with music, coding becomes more fun and they can code undistracted with more focus.

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Do you think that music helps you focus while coding? 🤔🎧

Share your thoughts and opinions in the discussions/comments.

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pirvanm

Monday Morning i like : chillwhispers.com/playlists/top-ch... , after middle day, i like some :
chillwhispers.com/playlists/top-trap , after some lo-fi chillwhispers.com/watch?v=XKDGZ-VWLMg

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Lorenzo

I listen music every day and at every time. Rock for me

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Rishabh Singh ⚡

Who doesn't love rock at work 😍💯✨🔥

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ProMikeCoder2020

Depends... Sometimes i don't use music other times I listen to a playlist on Spotify called intense music

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Khondakar Afridi

I love listening to music while coding. Well, yes coding requires a lot of focus and beats can be really distracting and thats exactly why I stick with LoFi. I love em. Not tooo chaotic, not too dull either.

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Harris

Trappin in japan all day.

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arif

Actually it changes. I am listening when im doing my daily work like default system maintaining or bug checks. But when im developing new feature or creating structure im just plugging my airpods and open ANC for full silence.

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Rishabh Singh ⚡

That's neat! I personally like to keep the music loud or else I feel sleepy😂

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Justin Lampe

If I'm doing work I'm familiar with, I can listen to any music I like without being distracted. If I'm grokking something new, referring to documentation, or debugging I prefer instrumental music like classical or dreamwave.

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Rishabh Singh ⚡

Perfect! Our ideologies match flawlessly :D

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Eboreime ThankGod

yes! when I know exactly what to write or am familiar with, but solving a stressful problem I don't

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Rishabh Singh ⚡

This is so me... But what kind of music you prefer to listen? Cool username though :D

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Eboreime ThankGod

Thanks. I love listening 🎧 to afropop Nigeria music

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Rishabh Singh ⚡ • Edited

That's beautiful! Someday you must try some north Indian Bhojpuri music. I am sure you will instantly fell in love it! I personally love Ritesh Pandey's "Gori Tohri Chunari ba Lal Lal" & "Yadavji ki Chowki"...

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Eboreime ThankGod

Wow 😀 thanks.

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Yasmim Vieira

I agree with you, I can't listening music while I coding, I tryied sometimes because my friends work don't stopped speak and that distracted me and I tryied listening music for better focus, but I can't, so I just need silence!

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Rishabh Singh ⚡

Yes, silence works well!

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Rishabh Singh ⚡

Thanks for sharing Koray! I'll check him out soon...🔥