[oeta]

I've been struggling with this for a long time. Maybe it's also because when I talk about and try to encourage the conversation, I oversimplify the programming part. I always try to encourage others not to think of it as sorcery, even though sometimes it is. But all of this is just to give non-experts the idea that it's simple to understand broadly. Of course, I spare them the time and technical details that require deep knowledge, just to keep them afloat.

This ends up being what @OP has described.

[seba_dos1]

The thing is: it is simple. But it is hard too. Non-technical people have trouble figuring out which parts are simple and which aren't.

Slightly outdated, but in principle still relevant: https://xkcd.com/1425/