# Brunost

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Brunost and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Norwegian-keyword programming language that people find interesting and readable; critics note its design is ad hoc and a few keyword choices are odd.

## Why people recommend it

- Interesting concept worth trying (3 comments): "That is kinda interesting as a concept tbh." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47819557)) "I was somewhat skeptical, but this got me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47814261)) "you should definitely try it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47814024))
- Nynorsk keywords read comfortably (2 comments): "how comfortably it reads to me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47815840)) "Nynorsk is fairly readable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47813637))

## What people warn about

- Ad hoc, get-it-working design (2 comments): "The design so far is very much "What I felt was okay that day"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817207)) "Less about careful design and more about getting something to work." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47815907))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Rust](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rust.md): 2039 recommend
- [Go](https://hackerapproved.com/p/go-programming-language.md): 1254 recommend
- [Python](https://hackerapproved.com/p/python.md): 1067 recommend
- [Zig](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zig.md): 743 recommend
- [TypeScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/typescript.md): 574 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Brunost", https://hackerapproved.com/p/brunost-programming-language/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).