The lines turn into spaghetti before your eyes, the debugger spits out a strange error you can't track down. Tired eyes, pulverized mind, intravenous coffee that barely works. If you're a code cowboy, you know exactly what I'm talking about, but you also know the work can't wait. Is there anything that can help? What about a bit of music? The portal Music for Programming offers exactly what its name says: smooth, dynamic, and friendly soundtracks that optimize your productivity.
Personally, I need silence when I work. A few days ago, my headphones decided to challenge gravity only to end miserably defeated, and now I feel naked without them, but the point is that I would put them on without listening to anything. In contrast, many friends and colleagues tell me they can't stand in front of the keyboard without a bit of music. Regardless of genre or artist, there has to be something in the air. For a long time, the idea has circulated that certain types of music can help with certain tasks or actions. We've talked here several times about music and sounds for sleeping, but those who have to spend long nights writing code and hunting bugs might want to hear this.
Music to Program for Hours
Music for Programming offers a total of 60 soundtracks for free, prepared to optimize productivity and concentration during a programming session. How true is that? There's only one way to find out, but the site tells us the music also works for other activities. The soundtracks are separated into episodes that apparently carry the creator's name, while on the right we see the complete list of tracks, played as a single mp3, and a link to the page of the person who made the compilation.
As for the music itself, I've come across things similar to ambient noises, effects, and chiptunes, all in a fairly soft tone that constantly changes. I can't name a favorite because I haven't listened to all of them (the average is one hour of audio per soundtrack), but anyone who goes by the name Datassette (real name John Davies, creator of the site) has my attention. If you want to listen to this music offline, saving the mp3 is very easy (right-click - Save link as...) and there's no rule preventing it. Enjoy!
