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.
Discuss
Do you think that music helps you focus while coding? 🤔🎧
Share your thoughts and opinions in the discussions/comments.
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For me, it depends on what kind of work I'm doing, if I'm doing auth or something similar which is so simple that I can do with half mind, I listen to music in background, but they never are loud.
But if it requires focus or you're stuck at a test which just won't pass, I'll pause music to focus till I figure out, or if I'm doing research which needs attention, then I won't listen to music.
But 90% of things come naturally, so music most of the time.
That's exactly what I do too...
Here's the algorithm:
This exactly, if I need to focus or really think of something I pause the music.
yep exactly
That's what I do, when I am fixing bugs, refactoring or adding a simple feature.
It's a lot of fun honestly :D
Yeah, I will easily get distracted to "someone's speak" around me. So i will listen to music while coding to get focused. But, some bass extended music also will distract me from coding. So, while coding or designing, I mostly prefer jazz or melody kinda stuff.
If it was a boring work, then this won't work.
So I will go with vice versa.
I completely feel you. Even I usually amp up some lovely melodies when working on something creative such as designing or UI/UX...
Definitely I love listening to music while doing anykind of work. I think it is good practice to listen music as it boost the efficiency. Also with music we can do more work/coding for long time.
I can't live with music ❤️
Seriously once we are used to listening music it feels empty without it! Living without Music is really something most of us can barely imagine ❤️❤️❤️
ILOVEMUSIC
Well in my case I only listen to music with is Instrumental such as Lofi
Yeah these are pretty great choices when working on something important 🔥
Without music I cannot code!!
Me neither 😂❤️
Right now I am hearing some Tamil songs and scavenging through StackoverFlow haha!!!
And I am listening to some up-beat K-pop❤️
PS - I am not coding right now🤣
Me, the same 👏. I even listen to rock/metal 🙏🏻
Oh yeah, heavy metal pumps me up... I just love it listening to it in the libraries & coffee shops 😍🎸
It's so nice to hear there are developers like me? Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
Thanks for being a part of the community ✨⚡
If I play music and do something else at the same time, all my focus will be on the second thing and I literally won't be hearing the music it's like my ears block it 🤣
That's amazing 🤣
Ambient sound helps me to focus. Even the piano works really great for me. Lyrics can be distracting for me.
Lyrics are indeed distracting especially if you're familiar with the song...
Sometimes yeah.really depends on work.
Yes! Most of the time I prefer listening to music while working.
I find silence more distracting than music most of the time
I completely feel you! Just some beats and we are in full pace!🔥
I generally listen white noise ( yiu may not consider this as a music 🙂). It keeps me focused.
White noise is honestly very effective... This is what I go for when my ears can't hear anymore music.😂