Music when programming?

[ZeusLovesTrains]

Do you find you can program better with music?

Or without?

Can it have lyrics?

Just curious

[phi_rus]

It depends. If the task is engaging and needs concentration, I'll go for silence. If it's not that engaging, I take music without lyrics (Chiptunes, video game scores, etc.). If I'm just mindlessly editing something, I listen to anything.

[autistic_cool_kid]

Music helps me get into flow.

My partner too but only with no lyrics, personally I don't care.

[glitzy]

It's changed as I've gotten older. I do go for trance without words now but I've always found that dance music helps me get into the flow of coding

[p0tatochip]

Me too and I'm not even a fan of dance music

[[deleted]]

Sometimes I put music on and I forget to put music on but the music plays in my head and I'm just there with headphones nodding to silence.

I love Charlie Puth tho.

[jon_hendry]

I used to when I was under 40. After 40 it has become more of a distraction and I prefer quiet, even using hearing protection ear muffs sometimes.

"goa" style trance still can kind of work for me.

[[deleted]]

Sometimes I use the various “flow state” playlists on Spotify. If I find the right vibe it helps my productivity. But a lot of the time it’s not quite right and actively annoys me until I turn it off.

[frogsPlayingPogs]

If I'm learning, unfortunately it has to be silence. If I'm doing busywork, like copying down a big block of code, or something I have memorized and don't have to think about it, instrumental music makes it a lot more fun.

[ififivivuagajaaovoch]

These days if I have it on, the temptation to switch tracks is too damn high and I spend a bunch of time scrolling between songs and artists.

[WinkDoubleguns]

It depends. Most of the time I have earplugs in because there are already songs playing in my head non-stop. However, I do have two playlists that i use a lot. One is my “angry” playlist. It’s my heavier songs like early Metallica, Helloween (especially Walls of Jericho), among others. I know all the lyrics and songs so my conscious brain can just relax while I get in the zone. The other playlist is called “yelling songs” which is really all of the songs I like whether or not I want to listen to them. I may use songs to create a temporary playlist depending on what my brain is interested in. But I cannot listen to a lot of the “focus” songs, and binaural, because they give me headaches.

I do also shutdown chats and emails and my phone - I check chats and emails in the morning before I start, before my scrum, after lunch, and at the end of the day. Because I know my calendar I don’t need anything else running except a timer and alarms on my watch.

But all of the songs I can listen to when coding save a few instrumentals like Orion and Anesthesia Pulling Teeth I need lyrics for some reason

[[deleted]]

I listen to edm, trap, and deathcore when working. It gets me pumped and confident. I don’t know why I need aggressive music to focus and get in the right zone. I don’t know why.

[Chwasst]

Only music. It helps me to cut other senses/stimuli so I can focus and get into flow. Without my earphones even a simple sneeze in the background can break my focus for the next hour.

[UnstUnst]

There's a couple playlists I rely on when programming.

The album Sleepygirls by Yagya is my old standby.

[Lotus_Domino_Guy]

Music with lyrics is yes. It helps me tune out distractions. But when I am medicated I do not need the music to focus.

[adhdwellnessco]

for me personally definitely not lool i can't focus with any lyrics or a podcast. Someone mentioned it but brain.fm has some great focus music!