# LabVIEW

7 Hacker News commenters recommended LabVIEW and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend LabVIEW for drag-and-drop data acquisition and processing, with easy debugging. Critics say it fits only narrow use cases and suits large projects poorly.

## Why people recommend it

- Loved by long-time users (2 comments): "it's still one of my favorite "languages" of all time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49371033)) "Love it! Used to make games with it, even" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49049900))

## What people warn about

- Poor fit for large projects (3 comments): "Moving from LABVIEW to a real programming language that integrated with remotely modern development tooling was worth it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45804027)) "Compiling such a project takes upwards of an hour, and you can't rely on the interpreter environment" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45813437)) "It's like choosing to use LabView for a large programming project" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327961))
- Feels dated and ossified (2 comments): "The whole thing felt scattered and ossified." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46172741)) "Labview today feels and looks like a 90s app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49113183))

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.ni.com/en/shop/labview.html)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "LabVIEW", https://hackerapproved.com/p/labview/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).