Ask HN: What music helps you code better?

Re:Ask HN: What music helps you code better? by scorphus on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:34AM (#17142164)

Mostly ProgMetal/Djent. Some artists inspire me a lot while coding:

  - Plini
  - Intervals
  - David Maxim Micic
  - Arch Echo
  - Animals as Leaders
  - Polyphia
  - Scale the Summit
  - Angel Vivaldi
  - ... etc – a.k.a. their related artists

There's also this album I used to listen to while reading Blood Meridian and nowadays while coding:

  - Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method by Earth

Hope they inspire you too ;-)

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Re:Ask HN: What music helps you code better? by neilsimp1 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @07:52AM (#17143083)

You and I have similar tastes. I'd also like to through in some names for this genre... - Cloudkicker - Pomegranate Tiger - The Helix Nebula

Outside of this, I really like video game music while coding. Anything from the Playstation 1 era, namely the Final Fantasy 6-10 soundtracks, both OST and orchestra versions. Nobuo Uematsu is incredible.

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Re:Ask HN: What music helps you code better? by scorphus on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:27PM (#17157625)

Nice additions! Your taste is good, sharp! And WOW, Nobuo Uematsu is really incredible. Thanks for the recommendations!

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Re:Ask HN: What music helps you code better? by clu3l355 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:01PM (#17145268)

Glad to see this here! Modern Day Babylon are great for those looking for instrumental work in the same sphere as the above. Disperse as well - Jakub Zytecki is a fantastic guitarist and features on a lot of David Maxim Micic's work.

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Re:Ask HN: What music helps you code better? by scorphus on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:38PM (#17157730)

I didn't know Modern Day Babylon nor Dirsperse, really nice artists! Thank you for both recommendations! \m/

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Re:Ask HN: What music helps you code better? by woumn on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:23AM (#17144871)

I'd like to add in Cloudkicker, which sounds a bit different than straight Djent, but has gotten me through a lot of college.

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Re:Ask HN: What music helps you code better? by scorphus on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:33PM (#17157677)

Thanks for recommending Cloudkicker! I've heard (and favourited) one of their tracks (Genesis Device) and already followed them on Spotify but I didn't remember. >_<

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