This parking sign example seems like a good way to communicate the problems with the practice of piling on new rules or features without resorting to using anal

This parking sign example seems like a good way to communicate the problems with the practice of piling on new rules or features without resorting to using analogies to financial instruments -- technical debt or unhedged call options. The image of a totem pole containing a list of signs is a tangible day-to-day example that should evoke fear of unexpected fines ahead.