Technical debt is not just limited to programming, either.
Consider the cabling in a data center: It's very easy to create a new connection by dragging a cable down the aisle from one device to the other. But do this over and over and you'll be left with a tangled mess that's impossible to maintain, understand, and document.
Short quick fixes can be appropriate under the right circumstances, but it's important to go back and clean them up at the earliest opportunity.
Consider the cabling in a data center: It's very easy to create a new connection by dragging a cable down the aisle from one device to the other. But do this over and over and you'll be left with a tangled mess that's impossible to maintain, understand, and document.
Short quick fixes can be appropriate under the right circumstances, but it's important to go back and clean them up at the earliest opportunity.