I think most of us go through a 'software development is like..' metaphor phase. Back in my day it was via McConnell and the PragProg guys. Jeff Atwood covered

I think most of us go through a 'software development is like..' metaphor phase. Back in my day it was via McConnell and the PragProg guys. Jeff Atwood covered it in a blog post from over 15 years ago: https://blog.codinghorror.com/tending-your-software-garden/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/tending-your-software-garden/