I try to remember how it felt when I also didn't understand that concept, and talk about how it felt before and after making those connections. Also, context a

I try to remember how it felt when I also didn't understand that concept, and talk about how it felt before and after making those connections. Also, context and audience matters. If you write an explanatory blog post, the people who visit will mostly be searching for an explanation on that topic and won't feel offended when you assume they don't already know it. Give the same explanation at a conference, and you might get a very different reaction.