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

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Radoslav Georgiev

IMO, music helps you get into "flow".

From my personal observation when working & listening to music, I see two patterns:

1) There are times when coding with music makes you super-productive (often when you know what you are solving and need to actually code it).

2) There are times where you need silence to concentrate & solve / understand the problem at hand. If all your mental capacity goes towards that problem, then - music can be distracting.

But in the end - it all depends on the person & the context ;)