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Should I listen to music while coding?

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Asrin Dayananda
Should I listen to music while coding?

Monkey mind or mind chatter is simply your thoughts in your mind going crazy, so you can't concentrate on your coding task.

Studies have shown low bpm music helps with concentrate - have a read of this https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/325492

I find listening to chill background music is great to concentrate.

This may not work for everyone, this is just a guidence from my experience.

Get some noise cancelling ear phones with high noise cancellation.

I recommend Bose headphones. I have Bose 700 which are great! I have also used Bose QuietComfort 35 II

  • https://www.bose.co.uk/en_gb/products/headphones/over_ear_headphones/quietcomfort-35-wireless-ii.html#v=qc35_ii_silver
  • https://www.bose.co.uk/en_gb/products/headphones/noise_cancelling_headphones/noise-cancelling-headphones-700-charging-case-pkg.html#v=noise_cancelling_headphones_700_charging_case_pkg_eclipse

Music apps i recommend to use are

I recommend long DJ/Classical sets with only few ads at the beginning and you can play long 2hr sets which gets you to concentrate for that long.

I have created some public playlists here:

  • https://soundcloud.com/azzzydzz/sets/work-from-home
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpXe4g_71VBcqIIPojgidjzqbvlZj4-MS

Happy Coding :)

Asrin

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  • Asrin Dayananda

    Software engineer focusing on PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, CI/CD, GitHub, AWS, Azure & Magento Commerce. I enjoy code for good projects, tech, gym, nature, travel, fried chicken, and coffee.

    All my articles are educational only from my experience.

    Feel free to connect.

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HHong5y ago

I think it works for different people differently. Some like to work quietly without music. Some like light ambient noise (e.g soft chattering in cafe, river sound). Some prefer white noise.

For me. Lo-Fi and Jazz music works for me.

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AAsrin Dayananda5y ago

Yeah everyone is different.

Lo-fi and jazz are great as well :)

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