Music for Programming — Listening workspace

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A listening interface borrows the structure of a code document to organize an episode and its archive.

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Keep the current item and the wider archive visible without turning the archive into large cards.

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Surface: Listening workspace
Navigation: Episode links form a persistent right-side list while playback controls stay beside the current episode.
Layout: A broad episode column with credits and controls sits between supporting context and a narrow numbered archive.
Density: Primary content has the most space; repeated rows and secondary navigation use a compact, consistent rhythm.
Color: Black background, gray monospaced text, and syntax-like green and violet accents.
Type: Use consistent monospaced spacing and clear column widths to organize dense credits and lists.
Pattern: Keep the current item and the wider archive visible without turning the archive into large cards.
States: Public episode page in its unplayed state; no audio was started.
Don't: Adapt the interaction pattern to your own product. Do not copy brand assets, sample identities, proprietary text, or assume unseen states. Specify keyboard behavior, loading, empty, error, and narrow-screen layouts for your implementation.

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# My project
[Describe the product, audience, and screen you want to improve]

Stack: Use the existing project stack
Task: Implement the interface and verify the result in the existing project.

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# Design reference: Music for Programming — Listening workspace
Source: https://musicforprogramming.net/latest/
Swipefile reference: https://swipefile.design/ref/music-programming/
Captured: 2026-09-04. This is a dated reference, not a claim about the current live product.
Capture scope: one viewport. Do not infer unseen page sections or a complete user flow.

## Objective
Adapt the interaction and layout patterns below to my project. Use my own content and identity. Do not reproduce logos, proprietary copy, or brand assets.

## Reference notes
- surface: Listening workspace
- nav: Episode links form a persistent right-side list while playback controls stay beside the current episode.
- layout: A broad episode column with credits and controls sits between supporting context and a narrow numbered archive.
- density: Primary content has the most space; repeated rows and secondary navigation use a compact, consistent rhythm.
- color: Black background, gray monospaced text, and syntax-like green and violet accents.
- typography: Use consistent monospaced spacing and clear column widths to organize dense credits and lists.
- pattern: Keep the current item and the wider archive visible without turning the archive into large cards.
- states: Public episode page in its unplayed state; no audio was started.
- dont: Adapt the interaction pattern to your own product. Do not copy brand assets, sample identities, proprietary text, or assume unseen states. Specify keyboard behavior, loading, empty, error, and narrow-screen layouts for your implementation.

Useful for: Keep the current item and the wider archive visible without turning the archive into large cards.

## Acceptance criteria
- Existing project conventions, design tokens, working functionality, and unrelated changes are preserved.
- Two or three reference principles clearly support the user's task; conflicts are resolved in favor of usability and the existing product.
- Reusable components and semantic HTML express the interface. Available licensed assets are used; important UI text is never rendered as a bitmap.
- Every visible control has a defined behavior. Loading, empty, error, success, disabled, and long-content states are specified where relevant. Demo data is clearly labeled.
- Navigation and content adapt at 375px, 768px, and 1440px without horizontal page overflow. Keyboard use, visible focus, labeled inputs, at least 44px touch targets, readable contrast, and reduced motion are supported.
- Verification distinguishes rendered behavior from proposals and identifies anything still requiring a backend or external service.

## Quality bar
Clear hierarchy, consistent spacing, restrained surfaces, and purposeful motion. Avoid decorative gradients, excessive cards, placeholder buttons, and invented metrics unless the project calls for them. Do not claim a feature is connected or tested without evidence.

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## Objective
Adapt the interaction and layout patterns below to my project. Use my own content and identity. Do not reproduce logos, proprietary copy, or brand assets.

Useful for: Keep the current item and the wider archive visible without turning the archive into large cards.

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