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Discussion on: Why do some developers listen to music while they code?

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Gajanan

I listen to music with no vocals. That does not need me to focus on the music and acts like background white noise. This helps me focus on the job at hand. I can avoid hearing people talking and getting distracted. It is a noisy kind of silence!

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Andreas Reiterer

Yep, I second this.
I also listen to music that fits my current mood (either I need some motivating, pushing fast paced music or slow, calm, maybe classical) but always without vocals.

Some time ago I realized it also works if I just turn on some white noise (there is a Rainstorm Playlist on Spotify 😂) to avoid being distracted by other peoples conversations or other noise.

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Christian Vasquez

Would you mind sharing your playlist? I've been thinking about doing the same thing.

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Richard Orelup

Not sure if this is the one that he is referring to but it is one that I follow.

open.spotify.com/user/spotify/play...

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Stefan Su (he/him) • Edited

I though I'd share mine as well. It's a collection of Chillhop pieces I like. I always listen to those when I'm programming / studying. It helps me to block out the surroundings.

open.spotify.com/user/1132816104/p...