It has a long story and a lot of better explanations, but in short
- Some character has a problem;
- They find a short-term solution;
- It later becames unsufficient, and then a problem for them and others.
It has a long story and a lot of better explanations, but in short
There’s nothing more permanent than a temporary solution
I actually had to realize this because I kept making “good enough” solutions that I told myself I would change later and then never did, until I got so frustrated that it made me stop working on it. Good enough is a big problem if it’s good enough that you never really need to change it.