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TheFrator t1_j5p1y9k wrote

Reply to comment by PolarBearSequence in What do you do while listening to music? by _Deh

Props to you. I cannot program for the life of me while listening to music. I get way too distracted. Brown noise or something like it is great though.

Edit: words and sentences are hard

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PolarBearSequence t1_j5pccej wrote

It depends on what I’m doing and what kind of music a bit, and I listen at relatively low volumes. Sometimes it gets distracting and I have to turn it off, but sometimes it’s quite helpful when waiting for something (a build to finish, Tests to run, whatever) since the music stops me from starting to do something else.

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TheFrator t1_j5pcx6a wrote

That's fair and I can see it then. I'm fortunate to be at a job where I do much of my logic focused time in one part of the day and managerial stuff in another part. I can handle managerial tasks while listening to music.

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hgoel0974 t1_j5qn9pd wrote

On the other hand I have a hard time getting into a coding flow without music

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PcChip t1_j5q24ja wrote

i have that problem sometimes, I have to use closed-backs at a low volume with goa/psy/trance music with no words - but when I get in the zone like this it's even better than no music. Noise cancelling helps even more, you can listen at an even lower volume

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TheFrator t1_j5qa8dw wrote

That's actually one of my main uses of airpods. Noise cancelling and an app called A Soft Murmur. Also have a website of the same name- https://asoftmurmur.com/. Allows you to mix and set what background noise you want.

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verifitting t1_j5sspt2 wrote

I neeeed music to get into the programming flow. Mostly hectic drum and base or dance lol.

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