It's not always easy to find the right words to describe why a feature pause to refactor is needed. This quote was a succinct statement that avoids analogy:
"Postponing a small cleanup can transform it into a big cleanup because, over time, code builds up around the problem, and it too must be refactored."
"Postponing a small cleanup can transform it into a big cleanup because, over time, code builds up around the problem, and it too must be refactored."