The point of the debt analogy is to communicate that it's something long-term undesirable, although it can be a short-term expedient. Where the analogy falls s

The point of the debt analogy is to communicate that it's something long-term undesirable, although it can be a short-term expedient. Where the analogy falls short is that real debt almost always has to be repaid. In a startup searching for product-market fit, the opposite true re. technical debt.