--- title: Music for programming | daily.dev description: The best kind of music for coding is 100% instrumental, with no voice at all. I can’t code to new-age meditation music. If there is any noise in the background... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/music-for-programming-pf6xn0-qk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Music for programming | daily.dev og:description: The best kind of music for coding is 100% instrumental, with no voice at all. I can’t code to new-age meditation music. If there is any noise in the background... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/music-for-programming-pf6xn0-qk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Pf6Xn0_qk.png og:image:alt: Music for programming og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Music for programming **[Flavio Copes](https://daily.dev/sources/flaviocopes)** · 2 min read · 50 upvotes · 9 comments ## Summary The best kind of music for coding is 100% instrumental, with no voice at all. I can’t code to new-age meditation music. If there is any noise in the background I’m going to hear it, and it will distract me. My favorite genres lately are Synthwave and Sovietwave. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bobbyiliev** · 1 upvotes > I like this one here by Joma Tech: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmVKaAV_7-A **@mnoudoo** · 1 upvotes > Thank you, it IS great music for programming ! **@yellowfox** · 0 upvotes > Our Dream - Sovietwave Mix  is luv **@mtheusdpaula** · 0 upvotes > I like **@gaurav1411** · 0 upvotes > I like listening to Lofi Beats :) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/music-for-programming-pf6xn0-qk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Music for programming","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/music-for-programming-pf6xn0-qk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/music-for-programming-pf6xn0-qk"},"datePublished":"2021-07-04T06:18:14.625Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"The best kind of music for coding is 100% instrumental, with no voice at all. 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