Shpongle - Nothing Is Something Worth Doing And thanks to Chung-chieh Shan, Lindsey Kuper, and Matt Might for encouraging me to blog.Įmancipator - Soon It will Be Cold Enough to Build Fires Thanks to Hillary Davis, Al Bertrand, Sean ‘Day’ Plott, and Astrid ‘Mal圜ocka’ Chodura for pointing me to great music. I also listen to a selected subset of these songs to moderate my mood, or to pump myself up before a big talk, especially if I’ve had little sleep the night before.
If I become too aware of a song while coding, which invariably happens during a long coding session, I immediately change to another one I can forget about consciously. To paraphrase Alan Perlis, one song I can listen to 1,000 times is much better than 10 songs I can listen to 100 times each. Under the Sea by Digby Jones is another song I can code to for hours. For example, I listened to Air’s La Femme D’Argent for hours at a time while working on my dissertation (1,700+ listens, according to iTunes). The sorts of songs that don’t have “seams” at the ends, if that makes sense. I’m always looking for new coding music if you have any suggestions, please let me know! I find that chill, quasi-repetitive music I can put on repeat works best. Please let me know if you notice a broken link. If a song is taken down, a quick Google search will usually find another version. Since YouTube videos have a habit of disappearing, I’ve included song and artist names and YouTube links below. If you don’t share my tastes, post your own hacking list, and I’ll include a link on this page. If you like a song, let me know and I can point you to more music in that style. Much of the music is electronica or chill or ambient or some such thing, with a few chiptunes and catchy pop-ish songs thrown in. Now I can do better.įor my own convenience, and potentially for your listening pleasure, I’ve created a YouTube channel of music I hack to. Before tonight, I would just list a few songs off the top of my head.
When working in public, sometimes I rock out a little too much (usually when my code finally works)–random people will walk across the restaurant or coffee shop to ask what I am listening to, and will usually ask for a song list. When I’m hacking on miniKanren the right music really helps me get into a state of flow. Since I’ve never actually blogged, blogging more shouldn’t be that hard.
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