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What Kind of Music or Podcasts Do You Listen to While You Code?

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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Randall

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.

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Carlos Martinez

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!

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Adam Markiewicz

no lyrics music

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Sergej Smelov • Edited

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

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Pontakorn Paesaeng

Video game OST and anime songs.

Example

  • Kickback Sega Remix
  • Danganronpa Climax Reasoning
  • Danganronpa Investigation theme (Box 15, Ikoroshia, Despair searching)
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Thomas Bnt

Chill with no lyrics, electro and electro pop. And for INTENSE sessions of dev, I listening electro type festival 🕺

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alienfoxx

somthing classic like Chopin pavaroti or some rap I know its a weird mix

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Felix

Vampire the masquerade bloodlines ost
Last of us ost
Days gone ost
The last samurai ost
The witcher wild hunt ost

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Vasya Rudas

Hardstyle for most of time or any Synthwave/Retrowave music that recommended by a streaming service

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MahmoudDabbous

Classical