In online poker - or poker in general - the term ‘grinder’ or ‘grinding’ refers to the very monotonous and long lasting activity of playing many hands over the course of long hours. I hate poker jargon with a passion but find this one rather fitting. It’s quite appropriate for writing code as well.

When I do something that requires a lot of concentration I either need complete scilence or a very monotonous ‘noise’ or some similar music to. I recently found echo nest, a group of fantastic software devs who are concerned with analyzing music. One of their creations was this, The Infinite Jukebox. This is how it works: analyze music -> find similar or identical sections -> randomly but seamlessly jump through these sections while playing -> never stop playing it without us noticing the jumps.

Nothing would be better to produce good ‘grinder music’: it filters out background noises, it’s fairly monotonous, thus not distracting (imo), it helps me stay focused.

Here I’ll post some of the tracks I find very good to listen to while coding, studying or doing stuff that requires concentration.

My infinite tracks

as of may 2013, you have to use Google Chrome or Safari!

I’m also a great fan of white noise

Enjoy