Yeah, some people don't like the tech debt metaphor or think it's always a 'bad thing', but I like the metaphor since, like real debt, it's useful but dangerous

Yeah, some people don't like the tech debt metaphor or think it's always a 'bad thing', but I like the metaphor since, like real debt, it's useful but dangerous. Also, like the US debt ceiling, your limit probably depends on where you are at the time, not some perfect idea of where you want to be :-)