I agree. In fact I think it's quite a nice high-level illustration of the pros and cons of tech debt. It amazes me the number of people who think metaphors and

I agree. In fact I think it's quite a nice high-level illustration of the pros and cons of tech debt. It amazes me the number of people who think metaphors and analogies are literal copies of the concept they're approximating and thus proceed to nitpick those comparisons.