ProHoster > Blog > Administration > What to listen to when writing code - playlists with rock music, ambient and soundtracks from games
What to listen to when writing code - playlists with rock music, ambient and soundtracks from games
It seems that there will only be more βremoteβ this year, so stock up on music that helps to relax and enter the flow state, is already worth it. Before the start of the working week, we discuss the recommendations of freelancers and employees of large IT companies.
According to experts from the US Institute of Noetic Sciences, selecting tracks for background sound during work can really be beneficial. Although they research and showed that specially prepared music does not always increase concentration, they still managed to confirm the hypothesis of an improvement in the emotional state. This alone - good health and high spirits - can affect the result of any activity.
Get into work
One of the hackers somehow saidthat he is comfortable writing code under "Gallente 004". Soundtracks from games (thread on reddit) - an unusual solution, but it is their dynamic versions that are often the fastest to set up in a productive way. If the video game is also one of your favorites, it is easy to remember the experience of passing, the atmosphere of the locations, to feel the drive and positive emotions again.
Dive into the process
Game music will also solve this problem if you choose soft and calm sounding selections like Lo-fi Hip Hop Radio and its analogues. For those who are already tired of them, the employees of the information security company Bishop Fox Recommend selections from Journey ΠΈ Outer Wildsas well as old games Nintendo.
Make it to the end of the working day
Scientists from the state of Iowa conducted an experiment during which the subjects were tested to music. Listening to rock or jazz helped achieve better results in 89% of cases.
But for many, music in this genre is more likely to affect a positive attitude and help strengthen the "fighting" spirit in moments of decline in productivity. Programmers from X-Team Recommend work under post-rock, and residents of Habr - listen toMoneythplaying space rock.
In addition to rock, developers often listen trance - for example, such music is loved on Pinterest. One of the employees of the company published his playlists on Spotify: Dreamy Trance ΠΈ Energy Trance β they have already collected a good number of likes on this platform.
unload
To do this, employees of one cloud provider Recommend pay attention to the music from the artist Stellardrone. Their compositions he writes inspired by the works Brian Eno - the founding father of the ambient genre - and most recently introduced a new track "Big dipper":
And work some more
A good alternative for music is audio projects with background noises, such as:
Listen to the Clouds is the talks of air traffic controllers to the quiet ambient.
Our selection of services with the "atmosphere" of the office - with the sounds of a printer and even a coffee machine.