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Show HN: Coding.fm - Raining.fm for coders

81 points| valceder | 13 years ago |coding.fm | reply

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[+] akshayagarwal|13 years ago|reply
So I was sitting all alone in my large office at night, browsed Hacker News and as usual opened this in a new tab but did not really look at it becuase I was browsing some other article. Now suddenly I start hearing a slow coding sound coming out of nowhere, I looked around but there was none. The sounds still kept coming , I even went to look under the desks!! Thoughts of an office ghost started trembling in my mind but then I suddenly realised that those pesky sounds were originating from my Mac and I said W!!! Ghost inside my Mac! Holy Sh! With some courage I bothered to look around my tabs and then nailed on this monster. Great work guys! Would be hard to forget about those horrifying 10 mins!
[+] valceder|13 years ago|reply
Ha ha ha! Just glad you figured out it was from your computer and not some coder ghost haunting you!
[+] gavinlynch|13 years ago|reply
Wow. Funny idea! :)

But honestly, I'm not sure if there is a less-soothing sound than someone cranking away at a keyboard. Takes me right out of my zone of concentration, and there is a reason I put on headphones :)

[+] nedludd|13 years ago|reply
The guy I share a cube with has the loudest keyboard in history, or at least for me. Doesn't seem to bother anyone else. But it sets my teeth on edge.

So much so that I had to dig out my old noise cancelling, over the ear things. Now I can't hear anything else, but hey! :-)

[+] wccrawford|13 years ago|reply
Actually, I found the sound to be comforting. I miss working in an office with a team on site. Of course, I still can't go hang over their cubicle and ask them a technical question, but I only expect so much of that site. ;)
[+] rprime|13 years ago|reply
Interesting, I kinda liked it. But given I am a keyboard freak, the sound of an apple keyboard makes sad. Add a mechanical keyboard in there too, there's the real programming sound :).

Anyhow, great job!

[+] valceder|13 years ago|reply
Cheers!Happy you like it. I've totally got to get the sound of a mechanical keyboard :)
[+] sealo|13 years ago|reply
Hi Neil from raining.fm angry dev ftw!
[+] valceder|13 years ago|reply
Cheers Neil! Really love raining.fm - was the inspiration for this :)
[+] windsurfer|13 years ago|reply
Just FYI, your raining.fm page works fine on my mobile if I trick the site into thinking I'm a desktop (HTC myTouch running android 2.3.3)
[+] JamesLeonis|13 years ago|reply
Angry dev is definitely my favorite. It sounds like some of my late nights.
[+] agumonkey|13 years ago|reply
Next : Airplane engine cabin-muted samples ? (can be emulated with low pass filter on laptop fan, found that to be quite calming too, like thunderstorm noise)
[+] jschuur|13 years ago|reply
I feel like there's not a lot of gaps between typing, even for the Monday morning coding. Either that, or I'm a really slow coder.
[+] Juuumanji|13 years ago|reply
i thought this was silly until i let it play for about 20 minutes. it's strangely calming.
[+] valceder|13 years ago|reply
Nice to hear :) I'm assuming it was on "Monday Morning Coding" ;)
[+] brandoncapecci|13 years ago|reply
Does anyone feel like they work more productively when listening to people bash their keyboards or is this more of a novelty thing? Personally, I can understand the rain sounds, this - not so much.
[+] positr0n|13 years ago|reply
I think the site was made as a joke :-)
[+] amirf|13 years ago|reply
Cute! You should add the sound of "Happiness & Zen coding" (someone coding Ruby) and the sound of "Despair" (someone coding PHP), etc. :)
[+] CodeMage|13 years ago|reply
Except that happiness and despair haven't got much to do with the language. It's the work you do and the environment you're in that make you happy or unhappy.
[+] valceder|13 years ago|reply
Nice idea! Interesting if everyone thinks "happiness & zen coding" is coding in Ruby?! And if all agree that PHP coding is "Despair"
[+] alainbryden|13 years ago|reply
Burst out laughing when I clicked "Angry dev". Nice.
[+] creativityhurts|13 years ago|reply
Agree, "Angry dev coding" could easily be "Working with XML".
[+] TheFunkyMonk|13 years ago|reply
I love this.

My office is really quiet, putting this on alongside some music with my headphones is actually making me more productive!

[+] valceder|13 years ago|reply
Must try it with some music too! Glad you're enjoying it :)
[+] hardik988|13 years ago|reply
Really loved it !

I'm really intrigued as to how you got the sounds together ? Did you record them yourself ?

[+] valceder|13 years ago|reply
Thanks! Glad you loved it and,yes, recorderd right from Crossrider HQ with my iphone ;)
[+] loceng|13 years ago|reply
They really need a Live Listener stat so you know who else you're coding with...
[+] MartinodF|13 years ago|reply
FYI, the link to raining.fm at the bottom of the page doesn't work :)
[+] valceder|13 years ago|reply
Thanks for that - will fix it right away!
[+] JBionics|13 years ago|reply
I came here to say that too.

The "Inspired by raining.fm" link, links back to coding.fm.

[+] dfischer|13 years ago|reply
This is freaking hilarious. Angry DEV all the way.