There is a kind of technical "debt" imposed when you can't express the simplest solution in a straightforward way in the language you're using. I put "debt" in

There is a kind of technical "debt" imposed when you can't express the simplest solution in a straightforward way in the language you're using. I put "debt" in quotes because in a strict sense it isn't really debt, because you can't escape the payments by paying off the principle. It's more like a tax that drains away a portion of your effort every time you touch the code.