You should be comparing bicycle locks.
Innovator - To help communicate with other HN readers, I created an analogy about mountain bikes and their tire size!
HN - Not a good analogy to compare tire sizes for mountain biking to information security in Javascript. You should be comparing bicycle locks.
Innovator - My analogy still makes sense though? Consider my physical safety to be roughly equivalent to information security. While bike locks could certainly work for the analogy as well they just weren't the choice we decided to go with.
HN - Your analogy falls apart with edge cases X, Y and Z', bike locks have been used for analogies since.....
This particular response really made me chuckle: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19873801
My analogy related to SQL, but we ended up talking about the complexities of physics...
HN - The bike is the wrong tool for transportation in mountains. For absolute safety you must only use a cable car or funicular.
Innovator - But cable cars and funiculars are impractical for the mountain trails I want to ride, and my current road race bike with weak frame and skinny tires is dangerous off-road.
HN - A sturdy frame and fat, knobby tires only provide the illusion of safety, which is worse than no safety at all. Never go to the mountains unless you're in a cable car or funicular.