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Jazz, especially hard bop, makes for great coding music. When played well, it fades into the background and become a soundtrack of sorts yet it is still technically interesting enough that when I need to take a break from coding, I can focus on the jazz and it'll still keep my brain going.

Chillwave is also amazing. I've been doing a lot of coding to this lately: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa3qqfgp1Ns The hypnotic style of it helps me focus and get into the 'zone' more often than not.

I tend to find sung lyrics distracting in music, although chants and foreign languages aren't as much of a hindrance.




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