from the article: > it took me a lot of time to understand what this pattern does and had my "aha!" moment The patterns are shorthand to discuss a set of conce

from the article: > it took me a lot of time to understand what this pattern does and had my "aha!" moment The patterns are shorthand to discuss a set of concepts that can be useful in considering solutions to certain problems. Once the designer encounters those problems, and understands how the patterns can be used, the value is apparent. It doesn't seem too different than many areas of mathematics, where the jargon burden is real. Can the concepts be explained to a lay user? Yes. Can the lay user then apply those concepts to solve problems? Likely not except in the most superficial of cases - the lay explanation ignores much detail that is required to get an effective solution in non-trivial cases.